diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsndfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsndfile/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7998606a2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsndfile/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libsndfile-1.0.12";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/libsndfile-1.0.12.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "03718b7b225b298f41c19620b8906108";
+  };
+}