diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ustr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ustr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebf9628126e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ustr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glibc }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "ustr-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.and.org/ustr/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1i623ygdj7rkizj7985q9d6vj5amwg686aqb5j3ixpkqkyp6xbrx";
+  };
+  prePatch = "substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr/include/ ${glibc}/include/";
+
+  makeFlags = "DESTDIR=$(out) prefix= LDCONFIG=echo";
+
+  configurePhase = "make ustr-import";
+  buildInputs = [ glibc ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.and.org/ustr/;
+    description = "Micro String API for C language";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.phreedom ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98eb1023cc2..6776dfe6357 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4144,6 +4144,8 @@ let
 
   urt = callPackage ../development/libraries/urt { };
 
+  ustr = callPackage ../development/libraries/ustr { stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc44; };
+
   ucommon = callPackage ../development/libraries/ucommon { };
 
   vamp = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/vamp { };