diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e53fcb4fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libctemplate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple but powerful template language for C++";
+    longDescription = ''
+      CTemplate is a simple but powerful template language for C++. It
+      emphasizes separating logic from presentation: it is impossible to
+      embed application logic in this template language.  '';
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/google-ctemplate/;
+    license = "bsd";
+  };
+
+  pname = "ctemplate";
+  version = "0.97";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://google-ctemplate.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0p588zjf7gyi06rcggh9ljx2bj5250zi7s8y3vxmg3j9vddhkdyx";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 43ac267ce74..9581d1e0bcc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3169,6 +3169,8 @@ let
 
   libcm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcm { };
 
+  libctemplate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libctemplate { };
+
   libcue = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcue { };
 
   libcv = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/libraries/libcv) {