diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef0fd4818f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, fetchurl}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  version = "180812";
+  name = "LAStools-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LAStools";
+    repo = "LAStools";
+    rev = "162cf032f25cac492712a8568a08b224a5fb40c2";
+    sha256 = "117c9csbfwsx424ha695l7d99cswi316k8q338mzk1lxlk8p3xbz";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [cmake];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Efficient tools for LiDAR processing.";
+    homepage = https://www.laszip.org;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.mpickering ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04579795c56..2fe2de7bad5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13461,6 +13461,8 @@ in
 
   lasso = callPackage ../development/libraries/lasso { };
 
+  LAStools = callPackage ../development/libraries/LAStools { };
+
   LASzip = callPackage ../development/libraries/LASzip { };
   LASzip2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/LASzip/LASzip2.nix { };