diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..458b23c33e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, aspell, pkgconfig, glib, hunspell, hspell }:
+
+let
+  version = "2.2.3";
+  pname = "enchant";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/AbiWord/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0v87p1ls0gym95qirijpclk650sjbkcjjl6ssk059zswcwaykn5b";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib hunspell ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ hspell aspell ]; # libtool puts it to la file
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Generic spell checking library";
+    homepage = https://abiword.github.io/enchant/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus; # with extra provision for non-free checkers
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 850b09631f1..21c9ccc6ad3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8670,6 +8670,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   enchant = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant { };
 
+  enchant2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/enchant/2.x.nix { };
+
   enet = callPackage ../development/libraries/enet { };
 
   epoxy = callPackage ../development/libraries/epoxy {};