diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79576569e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libffi, expat, doxygen }:
+
+let version = "1.0.2"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wayland-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0q2p83s2c7l5n6yzii3f2r6wrl3bd99d0v0fai21pb4jwijmxq71";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libffi expat doxygen ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Reference implementation of the wayland protocol";
+    homepage = http://wayland.freedesktop.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e5945703c6c..cf10695d24b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5023,6 +5023,8 @@ let
     libpng = libpng12;
   };
 
+  wayland = callPackage ../development/libraries/wayland { };
+
   webkit =
     builderDefsPackage ../development/libraries/webkit {
       inherit (gnome) gtkdoc libsoup;