diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6ae56b6534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/mini-httpd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, boost }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mini-httpd-1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://savannah/mini-httpd/mini-httpd-1.1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "12hqvh67hgxmc9b3fhb8gb5ash7j6f7d0mxv47zkmjl7k3vw3ny7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://mini-httpd.nongnu.org/";
+    description = "a minimalistic high-performance web server";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 22572b8bbef..17c58406481 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4820,6 +4820,8 @@ let
 
   mpd = callPackage ../servers/mpd { };
 
+  miniHttpd = callPackage ../servers/http/mini-httpd {};
+
   myserver = callPackage ../servers/http/myserver { };
 
   nginx = builderDefsPackage (import ../servers/http/nginx) {