diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmypaint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmypaint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0583d94ef7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmypaint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{stdenv, autoconf, automake, fetchFromGitHub, glib, intltool, json_c, libtool, pkgconfig}:
+
+let
+  version = "1.3.0";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmypaint-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mypaint";
+    repo = "libmypaint";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0b7aynr6ggigwhjkfzi8x3dwz15blj4grkg9hysbgjh6lvzpy9jc";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake intltool libtool pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ json_c ]; # for libmypaint.pc
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://mypaint.org/;
+    description = "Library for making brushstrokes which is used by MyPaint and other projects";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu jtojnar ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d898cdfc8c3..7bbe637dda4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9434,6 +9434,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libmsgpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmsgpack { };
 
+  libmypaint = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmypaint { };
+
   libmysqlconnectorcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmysqlconnectorcpp {
     mysql = mysql57;
   };