diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libskk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libskk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5fc72ab904c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libskk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub,
+  libtool, intltool, pkgconfig,
+  vala, gnome_common, gobjectIntrospection,
+  libgee_0_8, json_glib, skk-dicts }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libskk-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ueno";
+    repo = "libskk";
+    rev = "6a232e75de6d5dbe543ab17c9b85dc7560093509";
+    sha256 = "1xa9akf95jyi4laiw1llnjdpfq5skhidm7dnkd0i0ds6npzzqnxc";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ skk-dicts ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ vala gnome_common gobjectIntrospection libtool intltool pkgconfig ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgee_0_8 json_glib ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  # link SKK-JISYO.L from skkdicts for the bundled tool `skk`
+  preInstall = ''
+    dictDir=$out/share/skk
+    mkdir -p $dictDir
+    ln -s ${skk-dicts}/share/SKK-JISYO.L $dictDir/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A library to deal with Japanese kana-to-kanji conversion method";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Libskk is a library that implements basic features of SKK including:
+      new word registration, completion, numeric conversion, abbrev mode, kuten input,
+      hankaku-katakana input, Lisp expression evaluation (concat only), and re-conversion.
+      It also supports various typing rules including: romaji-to-kana, AZIK, TUT-Code, and NICOLA,
+      as well as various dictionary types including: file dictionary (such as SKK-JISYO.[SML]),
+      user dictionary, skkserv, and CDB format dictionary.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/ueno/libskk;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ yuriaisaka ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bc4c0d62fae..68c836c5d83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1494,6 +1494,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libpinyin = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpinyin { };
 
+  libskk = callPackage ../development/libraries/libskk { gnome_common = gnome3.gnome_common; };
+
   m17n_db = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/m17n-db { };
 
   m17n_lib = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/m17n-lib { };