diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libroxml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libroxml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3993451e19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libroxml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libroxml-2.3.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.libroxml.net/pool/v2.x/libroxml-2.3.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256  = "0y0vc9n4rfbimjp28nx4kdfzz08j5xymh5xjy84l9fhfac5z5a0x";
+  };
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://www.libroxml.net/";
+    description = "This library is minimum, easy-to-use, C implementation for xml file parsing.";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mpickering ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aea485da5e6..641e859de4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9880,6 +9880,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libqalculate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqalculate { };
 
+  libroxml = callPackage ../development/libraries/libroxml { };
+
   librsvg = callPackage ../development/libraries/librsvg { };
 
   librsync = callPackage ../development/libraries/librsync { };