diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/timescaledb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/timescaledb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbf0bfa1926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/timescaledb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, postgresql }:
+
+# # To enable on NixOS:
+# config.services.postgresql = {
+#   extraPlugins = [ pkgs.timescaledb ];
+#   extraConfig = "shared_preload_libraries = 'timescaledb'";
+# }
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "timescaledb-${version}";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  buildInputs = [ postgresql ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "timescale";
+    repo = "timescaledb";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "01swgjw563c42azxsg55ry7cyiipxkcvfrxmw71jil5dxl3s0fkz";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -D timescaledb.so      -t $out/lib
+    install -D timescaledb.control -t $out/share/extension
+    cp -dpR    sql/*                  $out/share/extension/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Scales PostgreSQL for time-series data via automatic partitioning across time and space";
+    homepage = https://www.timescale.com/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ volth ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.postgresql;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index be2500331d5..c6f5312f413 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16585,6 +16585,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   timbreid = callPackage ../applications/audio/pd-plugins/timbreid { };
 
+  timescaledb = callPackage ../servers/sql/postgresql/timescaledb {};
+
   timewarrior = callPackage ../applications/misc/timewarrior { };
 
   timidity = callPackage ../tools/misc/timidity { };