diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/shapelib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/shapelib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..529dee9376a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/shapelib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, proj }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "shapelib-1.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.osgeo.org/shapelib/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "18d7j5pn5srika7q3f90j0l2l4526xsjd64pin6z2b0gd7rdbp9y";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =  [ proj ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "C Library for reading, writing and updating ESRI Shapefiles";
+    homepage = http://shapelib.maptools.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aedf54c708a..39343a20fb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9662,6 +9662,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sfml = callPackage ../development/libraries/sfml { };
 
+  shapelib = callPackage ../development/libraries/shapelib { };
+
   skalibs = callPackage ../development/libraries/skalibs { };
 
   slang = callPackage ../development/libraries/slang { };