diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/uid_wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/uid_wrapper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa8e29e4098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/uid_wrapper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "uid_wrapper-1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.samba.org/uid_wrapper.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${name}";
+    sha256 = "1wb71lliw56pmks3vm9m3ndf8hqnyw9iyppy1nyl80msi4ssq5jj";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "a wrapper for the user, group and hosts NSS API";
+    homepage = https://git.samba.org/?p=uid_wrapper.git;a=summary;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0850667734a..91e8b54238b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7443,6 +7443,8 @@ let
 
   tremor = callPackage ../development/libraries/tremor { };
 
+  uid_wrapper = callPackage ../development/libraries/uid_wrapper { };
+
   unicap = callPackage ../development/libraries/unicap {};
 
   tsocks = callPackage ../development/libraries/tsocks { };