diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdivecomputer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdivecomputer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23ab36fe09f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdivecomputer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libdivecomputer-${version}";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.libdivecomputer.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "11n2qpqg4b2h7mqifp9qm5gm1aqwy7wj1j4j5ha0wdjf55zzy30y";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.libdivecomputer.org;
+    description = "A cross-platform and open source library for communication with dive computers from various manufacturers";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mguentner ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6e6a3f16f56..e1cf864ce97 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7665,6 +7665,8 @@ in
 
   libdiscid = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdiscid { };
 
+  libdivecomputer = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdivecomputer { };
+
   libdivsufsort = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdivsufsort { };
 
   libdmtx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdmtx { };