diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libLAS/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libLAS/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c67b3701ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libLAS/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, boost, cmake, gdal, libgeotiff, libtiff, LASzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libLAS-1.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+
+    url = "http://download.osgeo.org/liblas/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    md5 = "599881281d45db4ce9adb2d75458391e";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost cmake gdal libgeotiff libtiff LASzip];
+
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "LAS 1.0/1.1/1.2 ASPRS LiDAR data translation toolset";
+    homepage = http://www.liblas.org;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.michelk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c7bdfde7a79..5cea83938fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5486,6 +5486,8 @@ let
 
   libgtop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgtop {};
 
+  libLAS = callPackage ../development/libraries/libLAS { };
+
   liblo = callPackage ../development/libraries/liblo { };
 
   liblrdf = librdf;