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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cc27ef48984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gsl";
+  version = "2.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/gsl/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-77vzeF2g5TA4vnkHUAYotGYVLbw8FzqH3hteui4jYCs=";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = if (lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.hostPlatform.darwinMinVersion "11" && stdenv.isDarwin) then ''
+    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.16
+  '' else null;
+
+  # do not let -march=skylake to enable FMA (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gsl/2011-11/msg00019.html)
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isx86_64 "-mno-fma";
+
+  # https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gsl/2015-11/msg00012.html
+  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.system != "i686-linux";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The GNU Scientific Library, a large numerical library";
+    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C
+      and C++ programmers.  It is free software under the GNU General
+      Public License.
+
+      The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such
+      as random number generators, special functions and least-squares
+      fitting.  There are over 1000 functions in total with an
+      extensive test suite.
+    '';
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/gsl-1_16.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/gsl-1_16.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2cda6c7955c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/gsl-1_16.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, lib, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gsl";
+  version = "1.16";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/gsl/gsl-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0lrgipi0z6559jqh82yx8n4xgnxkhzj46v96dl77hahdp58jzg3k";
+  };
+
+  # do not let -march=skylake to enable FMA (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gsl/2011-11/msg00019.html)
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isx86_64 "-mno-fma";
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "bug-39055.patch";
+      url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/patch/?id=9cc12d";
+      sha256 = "1bmrmihi28cly9g9pq54kkix2jy59y7cd7h5fw4v1c7h5rc2qvs8";
+    })
+
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-parallel-test.patch";
+      url = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/patch/?id=12654373c3b60541230921aae81f93b484ec5eaf";
+      sha256 = "1flzpbsfj7gjywv6v9qvm8wpdrkbpj7shryinfdpb40y7si9njdw";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The GNU Scientific Library, a large numerical library";
+    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C
+      and C++ programmers.  It is free software under the GNU General
+      Public License.
+
+      The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such
+      as random number generators, special functions and least-squares
+      fitting.  There are over 1000 functions in total with an
+      extensive test suite.
+    '';
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    # Failing "eigen" tests on aarch64.
+    badPlatforms = [ "aarch64-linux" ];
+  };
+}