diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmhash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmhash/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca214b1e1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmhash/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  meta = {
+    description = "Hash algorithms library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Libmhash is a library that provides a uniform interface to several hash
+      algorithms. It supports the basics for message authentication by
+      following rfc2104 (HMAC). It also includes some key generation algorithms
+      which are based on hash algorithms.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://mhash.sourceforge.net;
+    license = "LGPL";
+  };
+  pname = "mhash";
+  version = "0.9.9.9";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1w7yiljan8gf1ibiypi6hm3r363imm3sxl1j8hapjdq3m591qljn";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0749764947d..74c88c79bae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3260,6 +3260,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) glib;
   };
 
+  libmhash = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmhash {};
+
   libnice = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnice {
     inherit (gnome) glib;
   };