diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wiredtiger/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wiredtiger/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c9829af771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wiredtiger/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, automake, autoconf, libtool
+, bzip2, snappy, zlib, db
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wiredtiger-${version}";
+  version = "2.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "wiredtiger";
+    owner = "wiredtiger";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1rk26gfs4zpz88mkbdkhz65q4admpgf46x5zsnghl0ndirmnvq3p";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool ];
+  buildInputs = [ bzip2 snappy zlib db ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-berkeleydb=${db}"
+    "--enable-bzip2"
+    "--enable-leveldb"
+    "--enable-snappy"
+    "--enable-zlib"
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://wiredtiger.com/;
+    description = "";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 683564eb12c..a2eec864638 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7746,6 +7746,8 @@ let
 
   wildmidi = callPackage ../development/libraries/wildmidi { };
 
+  wiredtiger = callPackage ../development/libraries/wiredtiger { };
+
   wvstreams = callPackage ../development/libraries/wvstreams { };
 
   wxGTK = wxGTK28;