diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wavpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wavpack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bfcd356949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wavpack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wavpack-${version}";
+  version = "4.70.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.wavpack.com/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "191h8hv8qk72hfh1crg429i9yq3cminwqb249sy9zadbn1wy7b9c";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Hybrid audio compression format";
+    homepage    = http://www.wavpack.com/;
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ codyopel ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4422cbea951..0e323a82e41 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7418,6 +7418,8 @@ let
     libpng = libpng12;
   };
 
+  wavpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/wavpack { };
+
   wayland = callPackage ../development/libraries/wayland { };
 
   webkit = webkitgtk;