diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/m17n-lib/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/m17n-lib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..982f35a9fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/m17n-lib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, m17n_db}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "m17n-lib-1.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/m17n/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "10yv730i25g1rpzv6q49m6xn4p8fjm7jdwvik2h70sn8w3hm7f4f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ m17n_db ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.nongnu.org/m17n/;
+    description = "Multilingual text processing library (runtime)";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ astsmtl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7e5b07a69a..195b42f2d44 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1138,6 +1138,8 @@ let
 
   m17n_db = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/m17n-db { };
 
+  m17n_lib = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/m17n-lib { };
+
   mozc = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/mozc {
     inherit (pythonPackages) gyp;
   };