diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bppsuite/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bppsuite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..564a38708bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bppsuite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, bpp-core, bpp-seq, bpp-phyl, bpp-popgen }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bppsuite";
+
+  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "BioPP";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1wdwcgczqbc3m116vakvi0129wm3acln3cfc7ivqnalwvi6lrpds";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ bpp-core bpp-seq bpp-phyl bpp-popgen ];
+
+  meta = bpp-core.meta // {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/BioPP/bppsuite/blob/master/ChangeLog";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfbe19d724be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bpp-core";
+  version = "2.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub { owner = "BioPP";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0ma2cl677l7s0n5sffh66cy9lxp5wycm50f121g8rx85p95vkgwv";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/bpp-core/bpp-core-targets.cmake  \
+      --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
+  '';
+  # prevents cmake from exporting incorrect INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+  # of form /nix/store/.../nix/store/.../include,
+  # probably due to relative vs absolute path issue
+
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://biopp.univ-montp2.fr/wiki/index.php/Main_Page";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-core/blob/master/ChangeLog";
+    description = "C++ bioinformatics libraries and tools";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    license = licenses.cecill20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ff6ad433fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, bpp-core, bpp-seq }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bpp-phyl";
+
+  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "BioPP";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "192zks6wyk903n06c2lbsscdhkjnfwms8p7jblsmk3lvjhdipb20";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ bpp-core bpp-seq ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/${pname}/${pname}-targets.cmake  \
+      --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+  meta = bpp-core.meta // {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-phyl/blob/master/ChangeLog";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af5d1d00d4d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, bpp-core, bpp-seq }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bpp-popgen";
+
+  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "BioPP";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0bz0fhrq3dri6a0hvfc3zlvrns8mrzzlnicw5pyfa812gc1qwfvh";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ bpp-core bpp-seq ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/${pname}/${pname}-targets.cmake  \
+      --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
+  '';
+  # prevents cmake from exporting incorrect INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+  # of form /nix/store/.../nix/store/.../include,
+  # probably due to relative vs absolute path issue
+
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+  meta = bpp-core.meta // {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-popgen/blob/master/ChangeLog";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79fd0fe67716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, bpp-core }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bpp-seq";
+
+  inherit (bpp-core) version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "BioPP";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1mc09g8jswzsa4wgrfv59jxn15ys3q8s0227p1j838wkphlwn2qk";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ bpp-core ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/src
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/lib/cmake/${pname}/${pname}-targets.cmake  \
+      --replace 'set(_IMPORT_PREFIX' '#set(_IMPORT_PREFIX'
+  '';
+  # prevents cmake from exporting incorrect INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+  # of form /nix/store/.../nix/store/.../include,
+  # probably due to relative vs absolute path issue
+
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+  meta = bpp-core.meta // { 
+    changelog = "https://github.com/BioPP/bpp-seq/blob/master/ChangeLog";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7598eecbae70..7c9f2dd9e304 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24495,6 +24495,16 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
   };
 
+  bpp-core = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-core { };
+
+  bpp-phyl = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-phyl { };
+
+  bpp-popgen = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-popgen { };
+
+  bpp-seq = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/biology/bpp-seq { };
+
+  bppsuite = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/bppsuite { };
+
   cd-hit = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/cd-hit { };
 
   cmtk = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/cmtk { };