diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ffbed794599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfprint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libusb, glib, nss, nspr, gdk_pixbuf }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libfprint-0.5.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://people.freedesktop.org/~hadess/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1cwgaswqcvvbclahk2m2qr09k7lf7l8jwvgf3svq92w8j4xmc4kd";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libusb glib nss nspr gdk_pixbuf ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-udev-rules-dir=$(out)/lib/udev/rules.d" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint/";
+    description = "A library designed to make it easy to add support for consumer fingerprint readers";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 14a057ef135..e45f4043f82 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5848,6 +5848,8 @@ let
     extraOnly = true;
   };
 
+  libfprint = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfprint { };
+
   libgadu = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgadu { };
 
   libgdata = gnome3.libgdata;