diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgaminggear/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgaminggear/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6fe2bc1435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgaminggear/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, gettext
+, gtk2, libcanberra, libnotify, pcre, sqlite, xorg
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libgaminggear-${version}";
+  version = "0.15.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libgaminggear/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0jf5i1iv8j842imgiixbhwcr6qcwa93m27lzr6gb01ri5v35kggz";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "dev" "out" "bin" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig gettext ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    gtk2 libcanberra libnotify pcre sqlite xorg.libXdmcp xorg.libpthreadstubs
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DINSTALL_CMAKE_MODULESDIR=lib/cmake"
+    "-DINSTALL_PKGCONFIGDIR=lib/pkgconfig"
+    "-DINSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    moveToOutput bin "$bin"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Provides functionality for gaming input devices";
+    homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/libgaminggear/;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3b8b440e6bb..68a98ba5e72 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3781,6 +3781,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libfann = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfann { };
 
+  libgaminggear = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgaminggear { };
+
   libipfix = callPackage ../development/libraries/libipfix { };
 
   libircclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libircclient { };