diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libibverbs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libibverbs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cef34fe6db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libibverbs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libibverbs-1.1.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/verbs/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "13w2j5lrrqxxxvhpxbqb70x7wy0h8g329inzgfrvqv8ykrknwxkw";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.openfabrics.org/;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b118408f5ed..eada6cdb982 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1554,6 +1554,8 @@ let
 
   libtorrent = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent { };
 
+  libibverbs = callPackage ../development/libraries/libibverbs { };
+
   logcheck = callPackage ../tools/system/logcheck {
     inherit (perlPackages) mimeConstruct;
   };