diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..989670bc059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "libmd";
+  version = "0.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://archive.hadrons.org/software/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "121s73pgbqsnmy6xblbrkj9y44c5zzzpf2hcmh6zvcvg4dk26gzx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  # Writing the version to a .dist-version file is required for the get-version
+  # shell script because fetchgit removes the .git directory.
+  prePatch = ''
+    echo '${version}' > .dist-version;
+  '';
+
+  autoreconfPhase = "./autogen";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://www.hadrons.org/software/${pname}/";
+    description = "Message Digest functions from BSD systems";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 bsd2 isc beerware publicDomain ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ primeos ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c9d51d68c88..3d890d331c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8199,6 +8199,8 @@ in
 
   libmcs = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmcs { };
 
+  libmd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmd { };
+
   libmemcached = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmemcached { };
 
   libmicrohttpd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrohttpd { };