diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libzip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzip/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a5507ef006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libzip/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+	name = "libzip-0.8";
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = http://www.nih.at/libzip/libzip-0.8.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "0iy04c3b2yfwl9lpgwzm12qkdskbxj8l91r6mgn8f6ib00fj66ss";
+	};
+	configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+	buildInputs = [zlib];
+
+	meta = {
+		homepage = http://www.nih.at/libzip;
+		description = "A C library for reading, creating and modifying zip archives";
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d0254b7585..a52facf6dd1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2072,6 +2072,10 @@ rec {
     includeUnpack = getConfig ["stdenv" "includeUnpack"] false;
   });
 
+  libzip = import ../development/libraries/libzip {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
+  };
+
   lzo = import ../development/libraries/lzo {
 	  inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };