diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libthai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libthai/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6179ad0f6bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libthai/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, installShellFiles, pkg-config, libdatrie }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libthai";
+  version = "0.1.28";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/tlwg/libthai/releases/download/v${version}/libthai-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "04g93bgxrcnay9fglpq2lj9nr7x1xh06i60m7haip8as9dxs3q7z";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libdatrie ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    installManPage man/man3/*.3
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://linux.thai.net/projects/libthai/";
+    description = "Set of Thai language support routines";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8a8343b990d..b755b1edfe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14218,6 +14218,8 @@ in
 
   libtcod = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtcod { };
 
+  libthai = callPackage ../development/libraries/libthai { };
+
   libtheora = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtheora { };
 
   libthreadar = callPackage ../development/libraries/libthreadar { };