diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libhugetlbfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libhugetlbfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed5f67d4370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libhugetlbfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libhugetlbfs";
+  version = "2.22";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs/releases/download/${version}/libhugetlbfs-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "11b7k8xvgx68rjzidm12a6l6b23hwi7hj149y9xxfz2j5kmakp4l";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "man" "doc" "lib" "out" ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # Don't check that 32-bit and 64-bit libraries don't get installed
+    # to the same place if only one platform is being built for.
+    # Can be removed if build succeeds without it.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=libhugetlbfs/IswjDAygfwA/PKy7MZbVAAAJ";
+      sha256 = "00fyrhn380d6swil8pcf4x0krl1113ghswrvjn3m9czc3h4p385a";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs ld.hugetlbfs
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  makeFlags = [
+    "BUILDTYPE=NATIVEONLY"
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+    "HEADERDIR=$(dev)/include"
+    "LIBDIR32=$(lib)/$(LIB32)"
+    "LIBDIR64=$(lib)/$(LIB64)"
+    "EXEDIR=$(bin)/bin"
+    "DOCDIR=$(doc)/share/doc/libhugetlbfs"
+  ] ++ map (n: "MANDIR${n}=$(man)/share/man/man${n}")
+    (lib.genList (n: toString (n + 1)) 8);
+
+  # Default target builds tests as well, and the tests want a static
+  # libc.
+  buildFlags = [ "libs" "tools" ];
+  installTargets = [ "install" "install-docs" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "library and utilities for Linux hugepages";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ qyliss ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76b5adcef86..81b6a0becd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13317,6 +13317,8 @@ in
 
   libhttpseverywhere = callPackage ../development/libraries/libhttpseverywhere { };
 
+  libhugetlbfs = callPackage ../development/libraries/libhugetlbfs { };
+
   libHX = callPackage ../development/libraries/libHX { };
 
   libibmad = callPackage ../development/libraries/libibmad { };