diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libstrophe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstrophe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1df9342610b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libstrophe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, automake, autoconf, libtool, openssl, expat, pkgconfig, check }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libstrophe-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "strophe";
+    repo = "libstrophe";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1iic8xbcxh21dzns8m9kkz0cj5f3ppn414gnhyh4y2wcjsz6hp8l";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ automake autoconf openssl expat libtool pkgconfig check ];
+
+  dontDisableStatic = true;
+
+  preConfigure = "mkdir m4 && sh bootstrap.sh";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple, lightweight C library for writing XMPP clients";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libstrophe is a lightweight XMPP client library written in C. It has
+      minimal dependencies and is configurable for various environments. It
+      runs well on both Linux, Unix, and Windows based platforms.
+    '';
+    hompeage = http://strophe.im/libstrophe/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.devhell ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c7813320b14..14a7fb0fd49 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6164,6 +6164,8 @@ let
 
   libstartup_notification = callPackage ../development/libraries/startup-notification { };
 
+  libstrophe = callPackage ../development/libraries/libstrophe { };
+
   libspatialindex = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspatialindex { };
 
   libspatialite = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspatialite { };