diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexrid-unstable/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexrid-unstable/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcf4c2c2468f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexrid-unstable/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, unzip, re2, openfx, zlib, ilmbase, mesa, openexr }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec
+{
+  name = "openexrid-unstable-${version}";
+  version = "2017-09-17";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "MercenariesEngineering";
+    repo = "openexrid";
+    rev = "bec0081548a096f9bcdd1504970c96264b0fc050";
+    sha256 = "0h4b74lv59p4hhrvrqdmlnchn2i0v5id4kl8xc7j26l9884q0383";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "dev" "out" "lib" ];
+
+  patches = [ ./openexrid.patch ];
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE=''-I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR
+                       -I${openexr.dev}/include/OpenEXR
+                       -I${openfx.dev}/include/OpenFX
+                      '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip re2 openfx zlib ilmbase mesa openexr ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+      mkdir openexrid/release
+
+      PREFIX=$out make -C openexrid install
+
+      mkdir $dev;
+      mkdir $lib;
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+      find $out
+      mv $out/include $dev/
+      mv $out/lib $lib/
+      '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "OpenEXR files able to isolate any object of a CG image with a perfect antialiazing";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/MercenariesEngineering/openexrid";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.guibou ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexrid-unstable/openexrid.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexrid-unstable/openexrid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbbf75b575dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexrid-unstable/openexrid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
+index 7a92771..31ef664 100644
+--- a/makefile
++++ b/makefile
+@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ _openexrid:
+ _openfx:
+ 	make -C openfx
+ 
+-_test: _openexrid
+-	make -C test
++#_test: _openexrid
++#	make -C test
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	make -C openfx clean
+diff --git a/makefile.config b/makefile.config
+index 0c6cdfa..0166c4c 100644
+--- a/makefile.config
++++ b/makefile.config
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ 
+ PREFIX ?= ~/openexrid
+ 
+-OFX_INCLUDE ?= /usr/include/openfx
++OFX_INCLUDE ?= /usr/include/OpenFX
+ EXR_INCLUDE ?= /usr/include/OpenEXR
+ EXR_LIB ?= /usr/lib
+ RE2_INCLUDE ?= /usr/include
+@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ RE2_LIB ?= /usr/lib
+ VERSION ?= release
+ CPPFLAGS += -O3 -Wall -DNDEBUG -fPIC -I $(EXR_INCLUDE) -I $(OFX_INCLUDE) -I $(RE2_INCLUDE) -Dlinux
+ LDFLAGS += -L$(EXR_LIB) -L$(RE2_LIB) -L../openexrid/$(VERSION) -lpthread
+-LDFLAGS += -Wl,-Bstatic -lopenexrid -lIlmImf -lIlmThread -lIex -lImath -lHalf -lz -lre2 -Wl,-Bdynamic
++LDFLAGS += -lopenexrid -lIlmImf -lIlmThread -lIex -lImath -lHalf -lz -lre2 -Wl,-Bdynamic
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 754392b5e99a..3fe803219451 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10032,6 +10032,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   openexr = callPackage ../development/libraries/openexr { };
 
+  openexrid-unstable = callPackage ../development/libraries/openexrid-unstable { };
+
   openldap = callPackage ../development/libraries/openldap { };
 
   opencolorio = callPackage ../development/libraries/opencolorio { };