diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d85b0d0dff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.9.7";
+  name = "libcli-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/dparrish/libcli/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0v4867jbach5zd1nq0sspq5q95vvbpnljzm2yf64k8a4w2vadpbx";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Emulate a Cisco-style telnet command-line interface";
+    homepage = http://sites.dparrish.com/libcli;
+    license = with licenses; lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nckx ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 24462e6cb10..cbd81733ee4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5831,6 +5831,8 @@ let
 
   libchop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libchop { };
 
+  libcli = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcli { };
+
   libcm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcm { };
 
   inherit (gnome3) libcroco;