diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/coreclr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/coreclr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..094df5b5b631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/coreclr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, which
+, cmake
+, clang_35
+, llvmPackages_36
+, libunwind
+, gettext
+, openssl
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "coreclr-${version}";
+  version = "git-" + (builtins.substring 0 10 rev);
+  rev = "8c70800b5e8dc5535c379dec4a6fb32f7ab5e878";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dotnet";
+    repo = "coreclr";
+    inherit rev;
+    sha256 = "1galskbnr9kdjjxpx5qywh49400swchhq5f54i16kxyr9k4mvq1f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    which
+    cmake
+    clang_35
+    llvmPackages_36.llvm
+    llvmPackages_36.lldb
+    libunwind
+    gettext
+    openssl
+  ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    # Prevent clang-3.5 (rather than just clang) from being selected as the compiler as that's
+    # not wrapped
+    substituteInPlace src/pal/tools/gen-buildsys-clang.sh --replace "which \"clang-" "which \"clang-DoNotFindThisOne"
+
+    # Prevent the -nostdinc++ flag to be passed to clang, which causes a compilation error
+    substituteInPlace src/CMakeLists.txt --replace "if(NOT CLR_CMAKE_PLATFORM_DARWIN)" "if(FALSE)"
+
+    patchShebangs build.sh
+    patchShebangs src/pal/tools/gen-buildsys-clang.sh
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = "./build.sh";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    pushd bin/Product/Linux.x64.Debug/
+    mkdir -v -p $out/bin
+    cp -v coreconsole corerun crossgen $out/bin
+    cp -rv lib $out
+    cp -v *.so $out/lib
+    cp -rv inc $out/include
+    cp -rv gcinfo $out/include
+    popd
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://dotnet.github.io/core/;
+    description = ".NET is a general purpose development platform.";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ obadz ];
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 54e9f416b64b..e7d5caa44718 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10250,6 +10250,8 @@ let
 
   comic-relief = callPackage ../data/fonts/comic-relief {};
 
+  coreclr = callPackage ../development/compilers/coreclr { };
+
   corefonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/corefonts { };
 
   wrapFonts = paths : ((import ../data/fonts/fontWrap) {