diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..642982830f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, git, gfortran, openmpi, blas, liblapack, qt4, qwt6_qt4, pkg-config }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "elmerfem";
+  version = "8.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "elmercsc";
+    repo = "elmerfem";
+    rev = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0vk31lplxlng173q8jjcpbyj1gaf98jvkqjvi9077d1nslya7vpm";
+  };
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config git ];
+  buildInputs = [ gfortran openmpi blas liblapack qt4 qwt6_qt4 ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs ./
+  '';
+
+  storepath = placeholder "out";
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+  "-DELMER_INSTALL_LIB_DIR=${storepath}/lib"
+  "-DWITH_OpenMP:BOOLEAN=TRUE"
+  "-DWITH_MPI:BOOLEAN=TRUE"
+  "-DWITH_ELMERGUI:BOOLEAN=TRUE"
+  "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
+  "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
+  "-DCMAKE_OpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=GLVND"
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./fix-cmake.patch
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.elmerfem.org/;
+    description = "A finite element software for multiphysical problems.";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.wulfsta ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/fix-cmake.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/fix-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..098f65207330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/physics/elmerfem/fix-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --exclude '*~' -ruN A/torch/CMakeLists.txt B/torch/CMakeLists.txt
+--- A/fem/tests/CMakeLists.txt	2020-04-23 02:35:03.243388917 -0400
++++ B/fem/tests/CMakeLists.txt	2018-12-19 20:18:40.671857320 -0400
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ 
+ SET(MESH2D_BIN "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/meshgen2d/src/Mesh2D")
+
+ MACRO(SUBDIRLIST result curdir depth)
+   set(glob_pattern "*")
+-  FOREACH(D RANGE 1 depth)
++  FOREACH(D RANGE 1 ${depth})
+     FILE(GLOB children RELATIVE ${curdir} ${glob_pattern}) 
+     FOREACH(child ${children})
+       IF(IS_DIRECTORY ${curdir}/${child})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 41f84902b3b5..045eee890527 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24603,7 +24603,9 @@ in
 
   dcmtk = callPackage ../applications/science/medicine/dcmtk { };
 
-  ### PHYSICS
+  ### SCIENCE/PHYSICS
+
+  elmerfem = callPackage ../applications/science/physics/elmerfem {};
 
   sacrifice = callPackage ../applications/science/physics/sacrifice {};