diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ae9d9d59c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+, wayland
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wayland-protocols-${version}";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0byqvrsm6bkvylvzqy8wh5wpszwl5ra1z0yjqzqmw8przlrhdkbb";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ wayland ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Wayland protocol extensions";
+    homepage    = http://wayland.freedesktop.org/;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+
+  passthru.version = version;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a5c5f812880..f579eeec6e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8996,6 +8996,8 @@ in
     graphviz = graphviz-nox;
   };
 
+  wayland-protocols = callPackage ../development/libraries/wayland/protocols.nix { };
+
   webkit = webkitgtk;
 
   wcslib = callPackage ../development/libraries/wcslib { };