diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/iksemel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/iksemel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b97f62dcf25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/iksemel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, autoreconfHook, libtool, pkgconfig, gnutls, fetchFromGitHub, texinfo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "iksemel-${version}";
+  version = "1.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "timothytylee";
+    repo = "iksemel-1.4";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1xv302p344hnpxqcgs3z6wwxhrik39ckgfw5cjyrw0dkf316z9yh";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook libtool texinfo ];
+  buildInputs = [ gnutls ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "XML parser for jabber";
+
+    homepage = https://github.com/timothytylee/iksemel-1.4;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ disassembler ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/asterisk/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/asterisk/default.nix
index d9c7877978b..b1d60d8c145 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/asterisk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/asterisk/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   jansson, libxml2, libxslt, ncurses, openssl, sqlite,
   utillinux, dmidecode, libuuid, newt,
   lua, speex,
-  srtp, wget, curl
+  srtp, wget, curl, iksemel
 }:
 
 let
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
     inherit version;
     name = "asterisk-${version}";
 
-    buildInputs = [ jansson libxml2 libxslt ncurses openssl sqlite utillinux dmidecode libuuid newt lua speex srtp wget curl ];
+    buildInputs = [ jansson libxml2 libxslt ncurses openssl sqlite utillinux dmidecode libuuid newt lua speex srtp wget curl iksemel ];
 
     patches = [
       # We want the Makefile to install the default /var skeleton
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b5260e94739..e94f4a6c7e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16620,6 +16620,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (perlPackages.override { pkgs = pkgs // { imagemagick = imagemagickBig;}; }) PerlMagick;
   };
 
+  iksemel = callPackage ../development/libraries/iksemel { };
+
   imagej = callPackage ../applications/graphics/imagej { };
 
   imagemagick_light = imagemagick.override {