diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-protocol/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-protocol/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7541932c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-protocol/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "spice-protocol-0.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0drmy2ws7qwmvjxfynhssbvh1y954rfik99hnl789g7yg6vcpxp5";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Protocol headers for the SPICE protocol.";
+    homepage = http://www.spice-space.org;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.bluescreen303.nl ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fda096dc487..e94767297d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4795,6 +4795,8 @@ let
 
   sphinxbase = callPackage ../development/libraries/sphinxbase { };
 
+  spiceProtocol = callPackage ../development/libraries/spice-protocol { };
+
   sratom = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/sratom { };
 
   srtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/srtp {};