diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index dd5131a18c5..d90557cf7d2 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
   linquize = "Linquize <linquize@yahoo.com.hk>";
   linus = "Linus Arver <linusarver@gmail.com>";
   lnl7 = "Daiderd Jordan <daiderd@gmail.com>";
+  loskutov = "Ignat Loskutov <ignat.loskutov@gmail.com>";
   lovek323 = "Jason O'Conal <jason@oconal.id.au>";
   lowfatcomputing = "Andreas Wagner <andreas.wagner@lowfatcomputing.org>";
   lsix = "Lancelot SIX <lsix@lancelotsix.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9b08609f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, glibmm, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libxml++-${maj_ver}.${min_ver}";
+  maj_ver = "3.0";
+  min_ver = "0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libxml++/${maj_ver}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0lkrajbdys5f6w6qwfijih3hnbk4c6809qx2mmxkb7bj2w269wrg";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glibmm ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "C++ wrapper for the libxml2 XML parser library, version 3";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ loskutov ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 57531f9d7ae..f91959deb30 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8216,6 +8216,7 @@ in
   };
 
   libxmlxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmlxx { };
+  libxmlxx3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix { };
 
   libxmp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmp { };