diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/CMakeLists.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/0.5-CMake.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/CMakeLists.patch
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/0.5-CMake.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/0.5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/0.5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f14dcd8b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/0.5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "0.5.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "msgpack";
+    repo = "msgpack-c";
+    rev = "cpp-${version}";
+    sha256 = "19cmlxfr0sc2b08a1mq9plk9fj5l1i20f69j4pvbhlnah3xqfdjs";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./0.5-CMake.patch ];
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/default.nix
index d9f4bfcc750..4bec67f8513 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake}:
+{ callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, ... } @ args:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.5.9";
-  name = "libmsgpack-${version}";
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.0.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/archive/cpp-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0xy204srq5grng7p17hwdxpfzbsfrn89gi4c3k62a23p4f9z0szq";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "msgpack";
+    repo = "msgpack-c";
+    rev = "cpp-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0vkhjil4rh5z9kvjfgzm79kfqwvlimvv49q74wlsjx7vgvv9019d";
   };
-
-  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  patches = [ ./CMakeLists.patch ];
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "MessagePack implementation for C and C++";
-    homepage = http://msgpack.org;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.redbaron ];
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/generic.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72943c098ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/generic.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, cmake
+, version, src, patches ? [ ]
+, ...
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmsgpack-${version}";
+
+  inherit src patches;
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "MessagePack implementation for C and C++";
+    homepage = http://msgpack.org;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ redbaron wkennington ];
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c215cc507be..c701ecac74b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6331,6 +6331,7 @@ let
   libmtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmtp { };
 
   libmsgpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmsgpack { };
+  libmsgpack_0_5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmsgpack/0.5.nix { };
 
   libnatspec = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnatspec { };