diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/default.nix
index 60cf4e51ae5..f3db8ebd15a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/default.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libX11;
   };
 
+  libXi = (import ./libXi) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libX11;
+  };
+
   xlibs = (import ./xlibs) {
     inherit stdenv libX11 libXt freetype fontconfig libXft libXext;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/libXi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/libXi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a111d9ae3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlibs/libXi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libX11}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libXi-6.0.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://freedesktop.org/~xlibs/release/libXi-6.0.1.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "7e935a42428d63a387b3c048be0f2756";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [libX11];
+}