diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/leptonica/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/leptonica/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5229961b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/leptonica/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libpng, libtiff, libjpeg, zlib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "leptonica-1.68";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.leptonica.org/source/leptonica-1.68.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "13qzm24zy46bj9b476jxzbw9qh7p96jikfzxg88kz4dj1p2vdvxc";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libpng libtiff libjpeg zlib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Image processing and analysis library";
+    homepage = http://www.leptonica.org/;
+    # Its own license: http://www.leptonica.org/about-the-license.html
+    license = "free";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dab14d72bec..85231dc6c3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3470,6 +3470,8 @@ let
 
   levmar = callPackage ../development/libraries/levmar { };
 
+  leptonica = callPackage ../development/libraries/leptonica { };
+
   lib3ds = callPackage ../development/libraries/lib3ds { };
 
   libaal = callPackage ../development/libraries/libaal { };