diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..072de0f9fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, cmake, ninja, pkgconfig, libiconv, libintlOrEmpty
+, zlib, curl, cairo, freetype, fontconfig, lcms, libjpeg, openjpeg
+, withData ? true, poppler_data
+, qt5Support ? false, qtbase ? null
+, introspectionSupport ? false, gobjectIntrospection ? null
+, utils ? false
+, minimal ? false, suffix ? "glib"
+}:
+
+let
+  version = "0.61.0";
+  mkFlag = optset: flag: "-DENABLE_${flag}=${if optset then "on" else "off"}";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "poppler-${suffix}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/poppler-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0zrbb1b77k6bm2qdnra08jnbyllv6vj29790igmp6fzs59xf3kak";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libiconv ] ++ libintlOrEmpty ++ lib.optional withData poppler_data;
+
+  # TODO: reduce propagation to necessary libs
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with lib;
+    [ zlib freetype fontconfig libjpeg openjpeg ]
+    ++ optionals (!minimal) [ cairo lcms curl ]
+    ++ optional qt5Support qtbase
+    ++ optional introspectionSupport gobjectIntrospection;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja pkgconfig ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    (mkFlag true "XPDF_HEADERS")
+    (mkFlag (!minimal) "GLIB")
+    (mkFlag (!minimal) "CPP")
+    (mkFlag (!minimal) "LIBCURL")
+    (mkFlag utils "UTILS")
+    (mkFlag qt5Support "QT5")
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://poppler.freedesktop.org/;
+    description = "A PDF rendering library";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.
+    '';
+
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 91b8a065583..ea45e3f5369 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10917,6 +10917,7 @@ with pkgs;
   polkit_qt4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/polkit-qt-1/qt-4.nix { };
 
   poppler = callPackage ../development/libraries/poppler { lcms = lcms2; };
+  poppler_0_61 = callPackage ../development/libraries/poppler/0.61.nix { lcms = lcms2; };
 
   poppler_gi = lowPrio (poppler.override {
     introspectionSupport = true;