diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
index 5945cdd8299d..23243803e8dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gnum4, ncurses, openssl
 , gnused, gawk, makeWrapper
+, odbcSupport ? false, unixODBC ? null
 , wxSupport ? false, mesa ? null, wxGTK ? null, xlibs ? null }:
 
 assert wxSupport -> mesa != null && wxGTK != null && xlibs != null;
+assert odbcSupport -> unixODBC != null;
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "erlang-" + version;
+  name = "erlang-" + version + "${optionalString odbcSupport "-odbc"}";
   version = "16B03-1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -17,7 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs =
     [ perl gnum4 ncurses openssl makeWrapper
-    ] ++ optional wxSupport [ mesa wxGTK xlibs.libX11 ];
+    ] ++ optional wxSupport [ mesa wxGTK xlibs.libX11 ]
+      ++ optional odbcSupport [ unixODBC ];
 
   patchPhase = '' sed -i "s@/bin/rm@rm@" lib/odbc/configure erts/configure '';
 
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -e s@/bin/pwd@pwd@g -i otp_build
   '';
 
-  configureFlags= "--with-ssl=${openssl} ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "--enable-darwin-64bit"}";
+  configureFlags= "--with-ssl=${openssl} ${optionalString odbcSupport "--with-odbc=${unixODBC}"} ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "--enable-darwin-64bit"}";
 
   postInstall = let
     manpages = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
index 2aba55d36792..83ea79d67f39 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gnum4, ncurses, openssl
 , gnused, gawk, makeWrapper
+, odbcSupport ? false, unixODBC ? null
 , wxSupport ? false, mesa ? null, wxGTK ? null, xlibs ? null }:
 
 assert wxSupport -> mesa != null && wxGTK != null && xlibs != null;
+assert odbcSupport -> unixODBC != null;
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "erlang-" + version;
+  name = "erlang-" + version + "${optionalString odbcSupport "-odbc"}";
   version = "17.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -17,7 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs =
     [ perl gnum4 ncurses openssl makeWrapper
-    ] ++ optional wxSupport [ mesa wxGTK xlibs.libX11 ];
+    ] ++ optional wxSupport [ mesa wxGTK xlibs.libX11 ]
+      ++ optional odbcSupport [ unixODBC ];
 
   patchPhase = '' sed -i "s@/bin/rm@rm@" lib/odbc/configure erts/configure '';
 
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -e s@/bin/pwd@pwd@g -i otp_build
   '';
 
-  configureFlags= "--with-ssl=${openssl} ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "--enable-darwin-64bit"}";
+  configureFlags= "--with-ssl=${openssl} ${optionalString odbcSupport "--with-odbc=${unixODBC}"} ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "--enable-darwin-64bit"}";
 
   postInstall = let
     manpages = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ebfd4715d4b3..201120baecf3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3482,8 +3482,11 @@ let
   erlangR14 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R14.nix { };
   erlangR15 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R15.nix { };
   erlangR16 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix { };
+  erlangR16_odbc = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R16.nix { odbcSupport = true; };
   erlangR17 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix { };
+  erlangR17_odbc = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R17.nix { odbcSupport = true; };
   erlang = erlangR17;
+  erlang_odbc = erlangR17_odbc;
 
   rebar = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/rebar { };