diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxls/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8477c5fca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxls/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libxls-1.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libxls/${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "1g8ds7wbhsa4hdcn77xc2c0l3vvz5bx2hx9ng9c9n7aii92ymfnk";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Extract Cell Data From Excel xls files";
+    homepage = http://libxls.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = maintainers.abbradar;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e3954727a62..81243983adb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6205,6 +6205,8 @@ let
 
   libxklavier = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxklavier { };
 
+  libxls = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxls { };
+
   libxmi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmi { };
 
   libxml2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxml2 {