diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvisual/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvisual/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b831fd9bdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvisual/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libvisual-0.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libvisual/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1my1ipd5k1ixag96kwgf07bgxkjlicy9w22jfxb2kq95f6wgsk8b";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An abstraction library for audio visualisations";
+    homepage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/libvisual/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platform = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2488f3339f5..f4b5a7149e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4898,6 +4898,8 @@ let
 
   libvisio = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvisio { };
 
+  libvisual = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvisual { };
+
   libvncserver = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/libraries/libvncserver) {
     inherit libtool libjpeg openssl zlib;
     inherit (xlibs) xproto libX11 damageproto libXdamage