diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/getdata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/getdata/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93ecb7c05e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/getdata/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "getdata-0.8.5";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/getdata/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0km6hbv18m9g8fxdqfcmk3bjr47w856v4hbrxpd609m6rk0j40zf";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Reference implementation of the Dirfile Standards";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vbgl ];
+    homepage = http://getdata.sourceforge.net/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6c8997ffe68..1bf7b30b10e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5169,6 +5169,8 @@ let
 
   geos = callPackage ../development/libraries/geos { };
 
+  getdata = callPackage ../development/libraries/getdata { };
+
   gettext = gettext_0_18;
 
   gettext_0_17 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gettext/0.17.nix { };