diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/matio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/matio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da4b8a8570b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/matio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "matio-1.5.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/matio/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0i8xj4g1gv50y6lj3s8hasjqspaawqbrnc06lrkdghvk6gxx00nv";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A C library for reading and writing Matlab MAT files";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vbgl ];
+    homepage = http://matio.sourceforge.net/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 144853788a7..6c8997ffe68 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6305,6 +6305,8 @@ let
 
   lzo = callPackage ../development/libraries/lzo { };
 
+  matio = callPackage ../development/libraries/matio { };
+
   mdds_0_7_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/mdds/0.7.1.nix { };
   mdds = callPackage ../development/libraries/mdds { };