diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
index bf6f2769e7e..beb388afa7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 , cephSupport ? false, ceph
 , openGLSupport ? sdlSupport, mesa, epoxy, libdrm
 , virglSupport ? openGLSupport, virglrenderer
+, libiscsiSupport ? true, libiscsi
 , smbdSupport ? false, samba
 , tpmSupport ? true
 , hostCpuOnly ? false
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optionals cephSupport [ ceph ]
     ++ optionals openGLSupport [ mesa epoxy libdrm ]
     ++ optionals virglSupport [ virglrenderer ]
+    ++ optionals libiscsiSupport [ libiscsi ]
     ++ optionals smbdSupport [ samba ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional openGLSupport "--enable-opengl"
     ++ optional virglSupport "--enable-virglrenderer"
     ++ optional tpmSupport "--enable-tpm"
+    ++ optional libiscsiSupport "--enable-libiscsi"
     ++ optional smbdSupport "--smbd=${samba}/bin/smbd";
 
   doCheck = false; # tries to access /dev
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiscsi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiscsi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f7e3c410dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiscsi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libiscsi";
+  version = "1.19.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sahlberg";
+    repo = "libiscsi";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0ajrkkg5awmi8m4b3mha7h07ylg18k252qprvk1sgq0qbyd66zy7";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "iscsi client library and utilities";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sahlberg/libiscsi";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ misuzu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fcf08de2fdf..d4b12d55d6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5796,6 +5796,8 @@ in
 
   libircclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libircclient { };
 
+  libiscsi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libiscsi { };
+
   libisds = callPackage ../development/libraries/libisds { };
 
   libite = callPackage ../development/libraries/libite { };