diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/1.4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/1.4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2779162feb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmsgpack/1.4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "msgpack";
+    repo = "msgpack-c";
+    rev = "cpp-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0zlanifi5hmm303pzykpidq5jbapl891zwkwhkllfn8ab1jvzbaa";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e08c8bd8849..f3d786bac28 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8191,6 +8191,7 @@ with pkgs;
   libmtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmtp { };
 
   libmsgpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmsgpack { };
+  libmsgpack_1_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmsgpack/1.4.nix { };
 
   libmysqlconnectorcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmysqlconnectorcpp {
     mysql = mysql57;