diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/leveldb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/leveldb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12846dfbe8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/leveldb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "leveldb-1.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://leveldb.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "b2699b04e5aba8e98382c4955b94725d1f76bd0b5decd60c5628205b717a1d4f";
+  };
+
+  buildPhase = "make all db_bench";
+
+  installPhase = "
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/
+    cp libleveldb* $out/lib/
+    mkdir -p $out/include/
+    cp -r include $out/
+    mkdir -p $out/bin/
+    cp db_bench $out/lib/
+  ";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/";
+    description = "A fast and lightweight key/value database library by Google.";
+    license = "BSD";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 852f9a70939..0a5e7b17ddd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4139,6 +4139,8 @@ let
 
   lesstif93 = callPackage ../development/libraries/lesstif-0.93 { };
 
+  leveldb = callPackage ../development/libraries/leveldb { };
+
   levmar = callPackage ../development/libraries/levmar { };
 
   leptonica = callPackage ../development/libraries/leptonica { };