diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libechonest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libechonest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42a3c5f243b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libechonest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4, qjson, doxygen, boost }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libechonest-${version}";
+  version = "2.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://files.lfranchi.com/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha1 = "cf1b279c96f15c87c36fdeb23b569a60cdfb01db";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 qjson doxygen boost ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A C++/Qt wrapper around the Echo Nest API";
+    homepage = "http://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/libs/libechonest";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c9fa640e50..9479a0b76b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5754,6 +5754,8 @@ let
 
   libe-book = callPackage ../development/libraries/libe-book {};
 
+  libechonest = callPackage ../development/libraries/libechonest { };
+
   libev = builderDefsPackage ../development/libraries/libev { };
 
   libevent14 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libevent/1.4.nix { };