diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B01.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B01.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f41a2258593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/R16B01.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gnum4, ncurses, openssl
+, wxSupport ? false, mesa ? null, wxGTK ? null, xlibs ? null }:
+
+assert wxSupport -> mesa != null && wxGTK != null && xlibs != null;
+
+let version = "16B01"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "erlang-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R16B01.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1h5b2mil79z307mc7ammi38qnd8f50n3sv5vyl4d1gcfgg08nf6s";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ perl gnum4 ncurses openssl
+    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional wxSupport [ mesa wxGTK xlibs.libX11 ];
+
+  patchPhase = '' sed -i "s@/bin/rm@rm@" lib/odbc/configure erts/configure '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export HOME=$PWD/../
+    sed -e s@/bin/pwd@pwd@g -i otp_build
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-ssl=${openssl}";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.erlang.org/";
+    description = "Programming language used for massively scalable soft real-time systems";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Erlang is a programming language used to build massively scalable
+      soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability.
+      Some of its uses are in telecoms, banking, e-commerce, computer
+      telephony and instant messaging. Erlang's runtime system has
+      built-in support for concurrency, distribution and fault
+      tolerance.
+    '';
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b36b2f1595f..4b7162866e7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3032,7 +3032,8 @@ let
 
   erlangR14B04 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R14B04.nix { };
   erlangR15B03 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R15B03.nix { };
-  erlang = erlangR15B03;
+  erlangR16B01 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/erlang/R16B01.nix { };
+  erlang = erlangR16B01;
 
   groovy = callPackage ../development/interpreters/groovy { };