diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mm-common/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mm-common/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78ae8875fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mm-common/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gnome3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "mm-common";
+  version = "0.9.12";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "02vwgv404b56wxy0gnm9xq9fvzgn9dhfqcy2hhl78ljv3v7drzyf";
+  };
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+      versionPolicy = "none";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Common build files of GLib/GTK+ C++ bindings";
+    longDescription = ''
+      The mm-common module provides the build infrastructure and utilities
+      shared among the GNOME C++ binding libraries. It is only a required
+      dependency for building the C++ bindings from the gnome.org version
+      control repository. An installation of mm-common is not required for
+      building tarball releases, unless configured to use maintainer-mode.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.gtkmm.org;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e929e4d1492..df3e23f3d66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18285,6 +18285,8 @@ in
 
   mm = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/mm { };
 
+  mm-common = callPackage ../development/libraries/mm-common { };
+
   matrique = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/matrique { };
 
   mpc-qt = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/mpc-qt { };