diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpaper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpaper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9505a6cf052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpaper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.1.24";
+  name = "libpaper-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/libp/libpaper/libpaper_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0zhcx67afb6b5r936w5jmaydj3ks8zh83n9rm5sv3m3k8q8jib1q";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library for handling paper characteristics";
+    homepage = "http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f78b3d8669e..e6f538fe873 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4427,6 +4427,8 @@ let
   libpng_apng = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpng/libpng-apng.nix { };
   libpng12 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpng/12.nix { };
 
+  libpaper = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpaper { };
+
   libproxy = callPackage ../development/libraries/libproxy { };
 
   libpseudo = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpseudo { };