diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openpam/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openpam/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..187f8613375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openpam/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPackages, hostPlatform, fetchurl, lib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "openpam-${version}";
+  version = "20170430";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/openpam/openpam/Resedacea/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0pz8kf9mxj0k8yp8jgmhahddz58zv2b7gnyjwng75xgsx4i55xi2";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://www.openpam.org;
+    description = "An open source PAM library that focuses on simplicity, correctness, and cleanliness";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ matthewbauer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c9bbbbf396c..c6ed910c569 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13840,13 +13840,17 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gogoclient = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/gogoclient { };
 
+  linux-pam = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pam { };
+
   nss_ldap = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/nss_ldap { };
 
   odroid-xu3-bootloader = callPackage ../tools/misc/odroid-xu3-bootloader { };
 
+  openpam = callPackage ../development/libraries/openpam { };
+
   pagemon = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pagemon { };
 
-  pam = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/pam { };
+  pam = if stdenv.isLinux then linux-pam else openpam;
 
   # pam_bioapi ( see http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader )