diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dt/dtcmp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dt/dtcmp/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd8f54e25d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dt/dtcmp/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, mpi, lwgrp }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "dtcmp";
+  version = "1.1.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LLNL";
+    repo = "dtcmp";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Dc+c8JCc5D23CtpwiWkHCqngywEZXw7cYsRiSYiQdWk=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ lwgrp ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-lwgrp=${lib.getDev lwgrp}" ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mpi ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "MPI datatype comparison library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/LLNL/dtcmp";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.markuskowa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libcircle/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libcircle/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d176bbacc89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libcircle/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+, pkg-config
+, mpi
+, lwgrp
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libcircle";
+  version = "0.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hpc";
+    repo = "libcircle";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-EfnoNL6wo6qQES6XzMtpTpYcsJ8V2gy32i26wiTldH0=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mpi ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "API for distributing embarrassingly parallel workloads using self-stabilization";
+    homepage = "http://hpc.github.io/libcircle/";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.markuskowa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lw/lwgrp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lw/lwgrp/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9c657bee32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lw/lwgrp/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, mpi, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lwgrp";
+  version = "1.0.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LLNL";
+    repo = "lwgrp";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-f0tYn9FbrOz8iMoG8Is8vYDNfYHTfxLKNnyxJA+Msdk=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mpi ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Data structures and operations to group MPI processes as an ordered set";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/LLNL/lwgrp";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.markuskowa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpifileutils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpifileutils/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92300592c2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpifileutils/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, pkg-config
+, mpi
+, attr
+, dtcmp
+, libarchive
+, libcircle
+, bzip2
+, openssl
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "mpifileutils";
+  version = "0.11.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hpc";
+    repo = "mpifileutils";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-3nls82awMMCwlfafsOy3AY8OvT9sE+BvvsDOY14YvQc=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    attr
+    dtcmp
+    libarchive
+    libcircle
+    bzip2
+    openssl
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mpi ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Suite of MPI-based tools to manage large datasets";
+    homepage = "https://hpc.github.io/mpifileutils";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.markuskowa ];
+  };
+}