diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zimlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c46a950804c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, automake, autoconf, libtool, lzma }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "zimlib";
+  version = "20150710";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/openzim.git;
+    rev = "165eab3e154c60b5b6436d653dc7c90f56cf7456";
+    sha256 = "0x0d3rx6zcc8k66nqkacmwdvslrz70h9bliqawzv90ribq3alb0q";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool lzma ];
+  setSourceRoot = "cd openzim-*/zimlib; export sourceRoot=`pwd`";
+  preConfigurePhases = [ "./autogen.sh" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library for reading and writing ZIM files (file format for storing Web content offline)";
+    homepage =  http://www.openzim.org/wiki/Zimlib;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ robbinch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 486fcb8c633..ec26214d599 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8416,6 +8416,8 @@ let
 
   czmq = callPackage ../development/libraries/czmq { };
 
+  zimlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/zimlib { };
+
   zita-convolver = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/zita-convolver { };
 
   zita-alsa-pcmi = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/zita-alsa-pcmi { };