diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libevent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4402995d587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libevent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libevent-1.1b";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent-1.1b.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "ec8dac612aa43ed172f300f396fcec49";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6fc7a0d06f6..8f64ae55b70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1286,6 +1286,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libdvdcss;
   };
 
+  libevent = (import ../development/libraries/libevent) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   libexif = (import ../development/libraries/libexif) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };