diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/2.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d87f119157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/2.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // {
+  baseVersion = "2.0";
+  revision = "1";
+  sha256 = "02sf6qghgs1lmprx715dnyll1rmqcjb9q6s50n20li8idlqysf51";
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -e 's@lang_flags "@&--std=c++11 @' -i src/build-data/cc/{gcc,clang}.txt
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/2.0.upstream b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/2.0.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d10850d46ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/botan/2.0.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+url http://botan.randombit.net/download.html
+version_link 'Botan-[0-9]+[.][0-9]*[02468]([.][0-9]+)?[.](tgz|tbz|tbz2|tar[.]bz2)$'
+ensure_version
+attribute_name botan2
+do_overwrite(){
+  ensure_hash
+  set_var_value sha256 $CURRENT_HASH
+  set_var_value baseVersion ${CURRENT_VERSION%.*}
+  set_var_value revision ${CURRENT_VERSION##*.}
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7baf06381d1..4cd62e54deb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7001,6 +7001,7 @@ with pkgs;
   boost_process = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost-process { };
 
   botan = callPackage ../development/libraries/botan { };
+  botan2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/botan/2.0.nix { };
   botanUnstable = callPackage ../development/libraries/botan/unstable.nix { };
 
   box2d = callPackage ../development/libraries/box2d { };