diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/intel-media-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/intel-media-sdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ab10c24d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/intel-media-sdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoPatchelfHook, cmake, pkgconfig, libdrm, libpciaccess
+, libva , libX11, libXau, libXdmcp, libpthreadstubs
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "intel-media-sdk-${version}";
+  version = "18.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK/archive/intel-mediasdk-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0yqqw6hyjn28zk4f4wznqpyiz9vinnjj8067dim64bz1f4pjhyra";
+  };
+
+  # patchelf is needed for binaries in $out/share/samples
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoPatchelfHook cmake pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libdrm libva libpciaccess libX11 libXau libXdmcp libpthreadstubs
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuild = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Intel Media SDK.";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ midchildan ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 40b07205b48..b1c6467c224 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3511,6 +3511,8 @@ in
 
   intecture-cli = callPackage ../tools/admin/intecture/cli.nix { };
 
+  intel-media-sdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/intel-media-sdk { };
+
   invoice2data  = callPackage ../tools/text/invoice2data  { };
 
   inxi = callPackage ../tools/system/inxi { };