diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9011d41b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libidn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+	name = "libidn-1.2";
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = mirror://gnu/libidn/libidn-1.2.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "0cip97xskrsfp6v1v966jb921srl1s65a5d8s0l73s85yww55n73";
+	};
+
+	meta = [
+		homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn;
+		description = "GNU Libidn library for internationalized domain names";
+		license = "LGPL";
+	];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 59d9ffef218..dd150402ff1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1965,6 +1965,10 @@ rec {
     inherit (gnome) glib;
   };
 
+  libidn = import ../development/libraries/libidn {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   libjpeg = import ../development/libraries/libjpeg {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libtool;
   };