diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62d021e251e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, flex, bison, pkgconfig, libffi, python, cairo }:
+
+let
+  baseName = "gobject-introspection";
+  v = "0.6.10";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${baseName}-${v}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ flex bison glib pkgconfig python cairo ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libffi ];
+  configureFlags = "--enable-gcov";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${baseName}/0.6/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0jwd7bybgvg6dwhg64da8k9yjrs37y5p153gaaapz5j59ld53g9n";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.urkud ];
+    platforms = [ platforms.linux ];
+    homepage = http://live.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a976860bf4..95f086c5284 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3996,6 +3996,10 @@ let
 
   gmpxx = gmp.override { cxx = true; };
 
+  gobjectIntrospection = makeOverridable (import ../development/libraries/gobject-introspection) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig flex bison glib libffi python cairo;
+  };
+
   goffice = import ../development/libraries/goffice {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libgsf libxml2 cairo
       intltool gettext bzip2;