diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xlslib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlslib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..760f9cdc574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xlslib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2.4.0";
+  name = "xlslib-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/xlslib/xlslib-package-${version}.zip";
+    sha256 = "0h7qhxcc55cz3jvrfv4scjnzf5w9g97wigyviandi4ag54qjxjdc";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+  setSourceRoot = "export sourceRoot=xlslib/xlslib";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "C++/C library to construct Excel .xls files in code";
+    homepage = http://xlslib.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = maintainers.abbradar;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a5314759b71..e2882716892 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7053,6 +7053,8 @@ let
 
   xmlsec = callPackage ../development/libraries/xmlsec { };
 
+  xlslib = callPackage ../development/libraries/xlslib { };
+
   xvidcore = callPackage ../development/libraries/xvidcore { };
 
   xylib = callPackage ../development/libraries/xylib { };