diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
index 2a47e6d9756..1764b32863c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ rec {
   };
   engrampa = callPackage ./engrampa { };
   eom = callPackage ./eom { };
+  libmatekbd = callPackage ./libmatekbd { };
   mate-common = callPackage ./mate-common { };
   mate-desktop = callPackage ./mate-desktop { };
   mate-icon-theme = callPackage ./mate-icon-theme { };
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ rec {
 
   basePackages = [
     caja
+    libmatekbd
     mate-common
     mate-desktop
     mate-icon-theme
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmatekbd/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmatekbd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a02f605b470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmatekbd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk3, libxklavier }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmatekbd-${version}";
+  version = "${major-ver}.${minor-ver}";
+  major-ver = "1.18";
+  minor-ver = "2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${major-ver}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "030bl18qbjm7l92bp1bhs7v82bp8j3mv7c1j1a4gd89iz4611pq3";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 libxklavier ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Keyboard management library for MATE";
+    homepage = https://github.com/mate-desktop/libmatekbd;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.romildo ];
+  };
+}