diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libelf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libelf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..339e97b9673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libelf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libelf-0.8.13";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.mr511.de/software/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vf7s9dwk2xkmhb79aigqm0x0yfbw1j0b9ksm51207qwr179n6jr";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Libelf, an ELF object file access library";
+
+    homepage = http://www.mr511.de/software/english.html;
+
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2c2a1ac664..8ad2d4fb48f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4261,6 +4261,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
+  libelf = import ../development/libraries/libelf {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   liblo = import ../development/libraries/liblo {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };