diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libs3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libs3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..551f65c2971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libs3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, curl, libxml2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libs3-2015-01-09";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/bji/libs3.git";
+    rev = "4d21fdc0857b88c964649b321057d7105d1e4da3";
+    sha256 = "058sixppk078mdn9ii3swg87nbpgl86llz9mdhj5km5m53a7dnjw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ curl libxml2 ];
+
+  DESTDIR = "\${out}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/bji/libs3;
+    description = "a library for interfacing with amazon s3";
+    licenses = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8fc84b30858..1c4cf997968 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6764,6 +6764,8 @@ let
 
   librsync_0_9 = callPackage ../development/libraries/librsync/0.9.nix { };
 
+  libs3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libs3 { };
+
   libsearpc = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsearpc { };
 
   libsigcxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsigcxx { };