diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/dmtx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/dmtx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3457a0ab402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/dmtx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+args :  
+let 
+  lib = args.lib;
+  fetchurl = args.fetchurl;
+
+  version = lib.getAttr ["version"] "0.5.2" args; 
+  buildInputs = with args; [
+    libpng libtiff
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libdmtx/libdmtx-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1xx61gykmq07m2vkqazns5whj8rv9nhwhjs6dakz9ai4qh7d53qz";
+  };
+
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  name = "dmtx-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "DataMatrix (2D bar code) processing tools.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4cb38c31d54..cd492518048 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7049,6 +7049,10 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXinerama;
   };
 
+  dmtx = builderDefsPackage (import ../tools/graphics/dmtx) {
+    inherit libpng libtiff;
+  };
+
   dwm = import ../applications/window-managers/dwm {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXinerama;