diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
index 01c3d373d3c..d02258de590 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rec {
   eom = callPackage ./eom { };
   libmatekbd = callPackage ./libmatekbd { };
   libmatemixer = callPackage ./libmatemixer { };
+  libmateweather = callPackage ./libmateweather { };
   mate-common = callPackage ./mate-common { };
   mate-desktop = callPackage ./mate-desktop { };
   mate-icon-theme = callPackage ./mate-icon-theme { };
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ rec {
     caja
     libmatekbd
     libmatemixer
+    libmateweather
     mate-common
     mate-desktop
     mate-icon-theme
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmateweather/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmateweather/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aafc0fa9ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmateweather/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, gtk3, libsoup, tzdata }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmateweather-${version}";
+  version = "${major-ver}.${minor-ver}";
+  major-ver = "1.18";
+  minor-ver = "1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${major-ver}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0z6vfh42fv9rqjrraqfpf6h9nd9h662bxy3l3r48j19xvxrwmx3a";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 libsoup tzdata ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-zoneinfo-dir=${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo"
+    "--enable-locations-compression"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library to access weather information from online services for MATE";
+    homepage = https://github.com/mate-desktop/libmateweather;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.romildo ];
+  };
+}