diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 0cc8fe522a2..d2daf244d5a 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@
   lasandell = "Luke Sandell <lasandell@gmail.com>";
   lassulus = "Lassulus <lassulus@gmail.com>";
   layus = "Guillaume Maudoux <layus.on@gmail.com>";
+  lblasc = "Luka Blaskovic <lblasc@znode.net>";
   ldesgoui = "Lucas Desgouilles <ldesgoui@gmail.com>";
   league = "Christopher League <league@contrapunctus.net>";
   lebastr = "Alexander Lebedev <lebastr@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/avro-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/avro-c/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b787855c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/avro-c/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, bash, cmake, fetchurl, pkgconfig, jansson, zlib }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.8.2";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "avro-c-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://apache/avro/avro-${version}/c/avro-c-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "03pixl345kkpn1jds03rpdcwjabi41rgdzi8f7y93gcg5cmrhfa6";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ jansson zlib ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A C library which implements parts of the Avro Specification";
+    homepage = https://avro.apache.org/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lblasc ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cd81cffd6f7..7c3ac92d4b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -726,6 +726,8 @@ with pkgs;
     qt4Support = config.avahi.qt4Support or false;
   };
 
+  avro-c = callPackage ../development/libraries/avro-c { };
+
   avro-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/avro-c++ { boost = boost160; };
 
   aws = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/aws { };