diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hidapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hidapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6259ac23cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hidapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, udev, libusb }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "hidapi-0.8.0-rc1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "signal11";
+    repo = "hidapi";
+    rev = name;
+    sha256 = "13d5jkmh9nh4c2kjch8k8amslnxapa9vkqzrk1z6rqmw8qgvzbkj";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig udev libusb ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/signal11/hidapi;
+    description = "for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f5c41c9fc1..4ca6fe7dcb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5335,6 +5335,10 @@ let
 
   herqq = callPackage ../development/libraries/herqq { };
 
+  hidapi = callPackage ../development/libraries/hidapi {
+    libusb = libusb1;
+  };
+
   hspell = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell { };
 
   hspellDicts = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix { };