diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f998f464457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+let
+  buildInputs = [
+    ncurses
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cdk";
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/cdk.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "00s87kq5x10x22azr6q17b663syk169y3dk3kaj8z6dlk2b8vknp";
+  };
+  meta = {
+    description = ''Curses development kit'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsdOriginal ;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bf9cbbb77bc..0b23f2382f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5772,6 +5772,8 @@ let
 
   ndn-cxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/ndn-cxx { };
 
+  cdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/cdk {};
+
   cimg = callPackage  ../development/libraries/cimg { };
 
   scmccid = callPackage ../development/libraries/scmccid { };