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+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, boost, fastjet, gfortran, gsl, lhapdf, thepeg, zlib, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "herwig";
+  version = "7.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.hepforge.org/archive/herwig/Herwig-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-VZmJk3mwGwnjMaJCbXjTm39uwSbbJUPp00Cu/mqlD4Q=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool gfortran ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost fastjet gsl thepeg zlib ]
+    # There is a bug that requires for default PDF's to be present during the build
+    ++ (with lhapdf.pdf_sets; [ CT14lo CT14nlo ]);
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs ./
+
+    # Fix failing "make install" being unable to find HwEvtGenInterface.so
+    substituteInPlace src/defaults/decayers.in.in \
+      --replace "read EvtGenDecayer.in" ""
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-thepeg=${thepeg}"
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A multi-purpose particle physics event generator";
+    homepage = "https://herwig.hepforge.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.isAarch64; # doesn't compile: ignoring return value of 'FILE* freopen...
+  };
+}