diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/osinfo-db/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/osinfo-db/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c38097abde9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/osinfo-db/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, osinfo-db-tools, intltool, libxml2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "osinfo-db-20170813";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://releases.pagure.org/libosinfo/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0v9i325aaflzj2y5780mj9b0jv5ysb1bn90bm3s4f2ck5n124ffw";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ osinfo-db-tools intltool libxml2 ];
+
+  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    osinfo-db-import --dir "$out/share/osinfo" "${src}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Osinfo database of information about operating systems for virtualization provisioning tools";
+    homepage = https://libosinfo.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d255e8ba880..4ad7f5ed472 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10312,6 +10312,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   osm-gps-map = callPackage ../development/libraries/osm-gps-map { };
 
+  osinfo-db = callPackage ../data/misc/osinfo-db { };
   osinfo-db-tools = callPackage ../tools/misc/osinfo-db-tools { };
 
   p11_kit = callPackage ../development/libraries/p11-kit { };