diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgee/0.6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgee/0.6.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e30641f0e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgee/0.6.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib }:
+
+let
+  ver_maj = "0.6";
+  ver_min = "8";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libgee-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libgee/${ver_maj}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1lzmxgz1bcs14ghfp8qqzarhn7s64ayx8c508ihizm3kc5wqs7x6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Utility library providing GObject-based interfaces and classes for commonly used data structures";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    homepage = "http://live.gnome.org/Libgee";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4bb16b69dca..0f3c76ba4dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7424,6 +7424,8 @@ in
 
   libgdata = gnome3.libgdata;
 
+  libgee_0_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgee/0.6.nix { };
+
   libgig = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgig { };
 
   libgnome_keyring = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgnome-keyring { };