diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nghttp2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nghttp2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b72abb57e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nghttp2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+
+# Optinal Dependencies
+, openssl ? null, libev ? null, zlib ? null, jansson ? null, boost ? null
+, libxml2 ? null, jemalloc ? null
+
+# Extra argument
+, prefix ? ""
+}:
+
+let
+  mkFlag = trueStr: falseStr: cond: name: val:
+    if cond == null then null else
+      "--${if cond != false then trueStr else falseStr}${name}${if val != null && cond != false then "=${val}" else ""}";
+  mkEnable = mkFlag "enable-" "disable-";
+  mkWith = mkFlag "with-" "without-";
+  mkOther = mkFlag "" "" true;
+
+  shouldUsePkg = pkg: if pkg != null && stdenv.lib.any (x: x == stdenv.system) pkg.meta.platforms then pkg else null;
+
+  isLib = prefix == "lib";
+
+  optOpenssl = if isLib then null else shouldUsePkg openssl;
+  optLibev = if isLib then null else shouldUsePkg libev;
+  optZlib = if isLib then null else shouldUsePkg zlib;
+
+  hasApp = optOpenssl != null && optLibev != null && optZlib != null;
+
+  optJansson = if isLib then null else shouldUsePkg jansson;
+  #optBoost = if isLib then null else shouldUsePkg boost;
+  optBoost = null; # Currently detection is broken
+  optLibxml2 = if !hasApp then null else shouldUsePkg libxml2;
+  optJemalloc = if !hasApp then null else shouldUsePkg jemalloc;
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${prefix}nghttp2-${version}";
+  version = "0.7.13";
+
+  # Don't use fetchFromGitHub since this needs a bootstrap curl
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pub.wak.io/nixos/tarballs/nghttp2-0.7.13.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1nz14hmfhsxljmf7f3763q9kpn9prfdivrvdr7c74x72s75bzwli";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ optJansson optBoost optLibxml2 optJemalloc ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals hasApp [ optOpenssl optLibev optZlib ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    (mkEnable false                 "werror"          null)
+    (mkEnable false                 "debug"           null)
+    (mkEnable true                  "threads"         null)
+    (mkEnable hasApp                "app"             null)
+    (mkEnable (optJansson != null)  "hpack-tools"     null)
+    (mkEnable (optBoost != null)    "asio-lib"        null)
+    (mkEnable false                 "examples"        null)
+    (mkEnable false                 "python-bindings" null)
+    (mkEnable false                 "failmalloc"      null)
+    (mkWith   (optLibxml2 != null)  "libxml2"         null)
+    (mkWith   (optJemalloc != null) "jemalloc"        null)
+    (mkWith   false                 "spdylay"         null)
+    (mkWith   false                 "cython"          null)
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://nghttp2.org/;
+    description = "an implementation of HTTP/2 in C";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9936330936c..7a1116126a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7218,6 +7218,12 @@ let
 
   newt = callPackage ../development/libraries/newt { };
 
+  nghttp2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nghttp2 { };
+  libnghttp2 = nghttp2.override {
+    prefix = "lib";
+    fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
+  };
+
   nix-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/nix-plugins {
     nix = pkgs.nixUnstable;
   };