diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gio-sharp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gio-sharp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad5220cac4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gio-sharp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, which, pkgconfig, mono, gtk-sharp }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gio-sharp-${version}";
+  version = "0.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mono";
+    repo = "gio-sharp";
+
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "13pc529pjabj7lq23dbndc26ssmg5wkhc7lfvwapm87j711m0zig";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoconf automake which ];
+  buildInputs = [ mono gtk-sharp ];
+
+  dontStrip = true;
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    ./autogen-2.22.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GIO API bindings";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1dbd0dfee7d..e48ed29b504 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6813,6 +6813,8 @@ let
 
   giblib = callPackage ../development/libraries/giblib { };
 
+  gio-sharp = callPackage ../development/libraries/gio-sharp { };
+
   libgit2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2 { };
 
   libgit2_0_21 = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2/0.21.nix { };