diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/speex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/speex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47e404db1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/speex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "speex-1.0.5";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://downloads.us.xiph.org/releases/speex/speex-1.0.5.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "01d6a2de0a88a861304bf517615dea79";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index b8c7a60851c..93016ea3304 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -735,6 +735,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libogg;
   };
 
+  speex = (import ../development/libraries/speex) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   libtheora = (import ../development/libraries/libtheora) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libogg libvorbis;
   };