diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/template-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/template-glib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ce02d588a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/template-glib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, glib, gobjectIntrospection, flex, bison, vala, gettext, gnome3, gtk-doc, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_43 }:
+let
+  version = "3.28.0";
+  pname = "template-glib";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "18bic41f9cx8h6n5bz80z4ridb8c1h1yscicln8zsn23zmp44x3c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gettext flex bison vala glib gtk-doc docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_43 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ glib gobjectIntrospection ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Denable_gtk_doc=true"
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
+      packageName = pname;
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A library for template expansion which supports calling into GObject Introspection from templates";
+    homepage = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/template-glib;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8472f96fac3..be0de7358d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15021,6 +15021,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   theano = callPackage ../data/fonts/theano { };
 
+  template-glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/template-glib { };
+
   tempora_lgc = callPackage ../data/fonts/tempora-lgc { };
 
   terminus_font = callPackage ../data/fonts/terminus-font { };