diff --git a/pkgs/developement/libraries/goocanvas/default.nix b/pkgs/developement/libraries/goocanvas/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bec18e7eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/developement/libraries/goocanvas/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "goocanvas-0.10";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/goocanvas/goocanvas-0.10.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0b49szbr3n7vpavly9w17ipa8q3ydicdcd177vxbdvbsnvg7aqp9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [gtk cairo glib pkgconfig]);
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "canvas widget for GTK+ using the cairo 2D library";
+      homepage = http://goocanvas.sourceforge.net/;
+      license = ["GPL" "LGPL"];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f9ef98926c..9017ab6c720 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2979,6 +2979,11 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv m4;
   };
 
+  goocanvas = import ../developement/libraries/goocanvas {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig cairo;
+    inherit (gnome) gtk glib;
+  };
+
   #GMP ex-satellite, so better keep it near gmp
   mpfr = import ../development/libraries/mpfr {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv gmp;