diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86f6a7f2479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchFromGitHub}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.6.1";
+  name = "libsixel-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "libsixel";
+    rev = "ef4374f80385edc48e0844cf324d7ef757688e44";
+    owner = "saitoha";
+    sha256 = "08m5q2ppk235bzbwff1wg874vr1bh4080qdj26l39v8lw1xzlqcp";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The SIXEL library for console graphics, and converter programs";
+    homepage = http://saitoha.github.com/libsixel;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bb49c7a1dcc..7e0d7bf4153 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7952,6 +7952,8 @@ in
 
   libsieve = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsieve { };
 
+  libsixel = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsixel { };
+
   libsolv = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsolv { };
 
   libspectre = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspectre { };