diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/default.nix
index 9af8718dc5f..42d2fe11f7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/default.nix
@@ -1,46 +1,51 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libsodium, ncurses, libopus, libmsgpack
 , libvpx, check, libconfig, pkgconfig }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libtoxcore-${version}";
-  version = "0.1.11";
+let
+  generic = { version, sha256 }:
+  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "libtoxcore-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "TokTok";
-    repo   = "c-toxcore";
-    rev    = "v${version}";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner  = "TokTok";
+      repo   = "c-toxcore";
+      rev    = "v${version}";
+      inherit sha256;
+    };
+
+    cmakeFlags = [
+      "-DBUILD_NTOX=ON"
+      "-DDHT_BOOTSTRAP=ON"
+      "-DBOOTSTRAP_DAEMON=ON"
+    ];
+
+    buildInputs = [
+      libsodium libmsgpack ncurses libconfig
+    ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isAarch32) [
+      libopus libvpx
+    ];
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "P2P FOSS instant messaging application aimed to replace Skype";
+      homepage = https://tox.chat;
+      license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+    };
+  };
+
+in rec {
+  libtoxcore_0_1 = generic {
+    version = "0.1.11";
     sha256 = "1fya5gfiwlpk6fxhalv95n945ymvp2iidiyksrjw1xw95fzsp1ij";
   };
 
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DBUILD_NTOX=ON"
-    "-DDHT_BOOTSTRAP=ON"
-    "-DBOOTSTRAP_DAEMON=ON"
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libsodium libmsgpack ncurses libconfig
-  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isAarch32) [
-    libopus
-    libvpx
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  checkInputs = [ check ];
-
-  checkPhase = "ctest";
-
-  # for some reason the tests are not running - it says "No tests found!!"
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "P2P FOSS instant messaging application aimed to replace Skype";
-    homepage = https://tox.chat;
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
+  libtoxcore_0_2 = generic {
+    version = "0.2.2";
+    sha256 = "1463grbbv009pj2g6dbnyk4lr871vw41962m63v21mmp6dkrr7r5";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cac46ff0f4c..fea7f1e3441 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10358,9 +10358,12 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libtorrentRasterbar = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar { };
 
+  # this is still the new version of the old API
   libtoxcore-new = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtoxcore/new-api.nix { };
 
-  libtoxcore = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtoxcore { };
+  inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/libtoxcore {})
+    libtoxcore_0_1 libtoxcore_0_2;
+  libtoxcore = libtoxcore_0_2;
 
   libtap = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtap { };