diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/libre-baskerville/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/libre-baskerville/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64779b5d388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/libre-baskerville/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libre-baskerville-1.000";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "impallari";
+    repo = "Libre-Baskerville";
+    rev = "2fba7c8e0a8f53f86efd3d81bc4c63674b0c613f";
+    sha256 = "0i9ra6ip81zzjxl71p8zwa6ymlmkf4yi5ny22vlwx9a53kbf4ifl";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/${name}
+    cp -v *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype/
+    cp -v README.md FONTLOG.txt $out/share/doc/${name}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A webfont family optimized for body text";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Libre Baskerville is a webfont family optimized for body text. It's Based
+      on 1941 ATF Baskerville Specimens but it has a taller x-height, wider
+      counters and less contrast that allow it to work on small sizes in any
+      screen.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.impallari.com/projects/overview/libre-baskerville;
+    license = licenses.ofl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cmfwyp ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c111199e870..a4da3d184ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12101,6 +12101,8 @@ in
 
   libertine = callPackage ../data/fonts/libertine { };
 
+  libre-baskerville = callPackage ../data/fonts/libre-baskerville { };
+
   lmmath = callPackage ../data/fonts/lmodern/lmmath.nix {};
 
   lmodern = callPackage ../data/fonts/lmodern { };