diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/opendylan/bin.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/opendylan/bin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bab8e66799b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/opendylan/bin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Binaries provided by Open Dylan to be used to bootstrap from source.
+# The binaries can also be used as is.
+{stdenv, fetchurl, patchelf, boehmgc, gnused, gcc, makeWrapper}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "opendylan-2013.2";
+
+  src = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then fetchurl {
+      url = http://opendylan.org/downloads/opendylan/2013.2/opendylan-2013.2-x86_64-linux.tar.bz2;
+      sha256 = "035brbw3hm7zrs593q4zc42yglj1gmmkw3b1r7zzlw3ks4i2lg7h";
+    }
+    else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then fetchurl {
+      url = http://opendylan.org/downloads/opendylan/2013.2/opendylan-2013.2-x86-linux.tar.bz2;
+      sha256 = "0c61ihvblcsjrw6ncr8x8ylhskcrqs8pajs4mg5di36cvqw12nq5";
+    }
+    else throw "platform ${stdenv.system} not supported.";
+
+  buildInputs = [ patchelf boehmgc gnused makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"
+    tar --strip-components=1 -xjf "$src" -C "$out"
+
+    interpreter="$(cat "$NIX_GCC"/nix-support/dynamic-linker)"
+    for a in "$out"/bin/*; do 
+      patchelf --set-interpreter "$interpreter" "$a"
+      patchelf --set-rpath "$out/lib:${boehmgc}/lib" "$a"
+    done
+    for a in "$out"/lib/*.so; do 
+      patchelf --set-rpath "$out/lib:${boehmgc}/lib" "$a"
+    done
+    sed -i -e "s|\-lgc|\-L${boehmgc}\/lib -lgc|" $out/lib/config.jam
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/dylan-compiler --suffix PATH : ${gcc}/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://opendylan.org;
+    description = "Dylan is a multi-paradigm functional and object-oriented programming language.";
+    license = "MIT";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/opendylan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/opendylan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1ee1d000c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/opendylan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Build Open Dylan from source using the binary builds to bootstrap.
+{stdenv, fetchgit, patchelf, boehmgc, mps, gnused, opendylan-bootstrap, autoconf, automake, perl, makeWrapper, gcc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "opendylan-2013.2";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/dylan-lang/opendylan;
+    rev = "ce9b14dab6cb9ffedc69fae8c6df524c0c79abd3";
+    sha256 = "cec80980b838ac2581dfb6282e25d208e720d475256b75e24b23dbd30b09d21f";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = (if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then [ mps ] else [ boehmgc ]) ++ [
+    opendylan-bootstrap boehmgc gnused autoconf automake perl makeWrapper
+  ] ;
+
+  preConfigure = if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then ''
+    mkdir -p $TMPDIR/mps
+    tar --strip-components=1 -xf ${mps.src} -C $TMPDIR/mps
+    ./autogen.sh
+  ''
+  else ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "--with-mps=$(TMPDIR)/mps" else "--with-gc=${boehmgc}";
+  buildPhase = "make 3-stage-bootstrap";
+
+  postInstall = "wrapProgram $out/bin/dylan-compiler --suffix PATH : ${gcc}/bin";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://opendylan.org;
+    description = "Dylan is a multi-paradigm functional and object-oriented programming language.";
+    license = "MIT";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f27efd104df1..33e5987a6839 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1661,6 +1661,12 @@ let
 
   opendkim = callPackage ../development/libraries/opendkim { };
 
+  opendylan = callPackage ../development/compilers/opendylan {
+    opendylan-bootstrap = opendylan_bin;
+  };
+
+  opendylan_bin = callPackage ../development/compilers/opendylan/bin.nix { };
+
   openjade = callPackage ../tools/text/sgml/openjade {
     perl = perl510;
   };