diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..510dbe0e190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, autoconf, automake114x, perl, pkgconfig, libbson, libtool
+, openssl, which
+}:
+
+let
+  version = "1.1.10";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mongoc-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases/download/${version}/mongo-c-driver-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "13yg8dpqgbpc44lsblr3szk2a5bnl2prlayv4xlkivx90m86lcx3";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libbson ];
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake114x libtool openssl perl pkgconfig which ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The official C client library for MongoDB";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 58562c9ffb4..c4ec4d50c25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14846,6 +14846,8 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs.gnome) GConf;
   };
 
+  mongoc = callPackage ../development/libraries/mongoc { };
+
   mupen64plus = callPackage ../misc/emulators/mupen64plus { };
 
   mupen64plus1_5 = callPackage ../misc/emulators/mupen64plus/1.5.nix { };