diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b172b82a295c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openvdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, unzip, openexr, boost, jemalloc, c-blosc, ilmbase, tbb }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec
+{
+  name = "openvdb-${version}";
+  version = "4.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dreamworksanimation";
+    repo = "openvdb";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0kqlsfa9rdpxpw7v61vfknvs11axh196ilqk6bnyyfkslmmcak45";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip openexr boost tbb jemalloc c-blosc ilmbase ];
+
+  sourceRoot = "openvdb-v${version}-src/openvdb";
+
+  installTargets = "install_lib";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  buildFlags = ''lib
+    DESTDIR=$(out)
+    HALF_LIB=-lHalf
+    TBB_LIB=-ltbb
+    BLOSC_LIB=-lblosc
+    LOG4CPLUS_LIB=
+    BLOSC_INCLUDE_DIR=${c-blosc}/include/
+    BLOSC_LIB_DIR=${c-blosc}/lib/
+    '';
+
+  installFlags = ''DESTDIR=$(out)'';
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${openexr.dev}/include/OpenEXR -I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR/";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lboost_iostreams";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An open framework for voxel";
+    homepage = "http://www.openvdb.org";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.guibou ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3fe803219451..0aaa727286d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10058,6 +10058,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   openslp = callPackage ../development/libraries/openslp {};
 
+  openvdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/openvdb {};
+
   inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/libressl { })
     libressl_2_5
     libressl_2_6;