diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/igraph/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/igraph/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ac3ebc0988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/igraph/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkgconfig, autoreconfHook,
+  flex, yacc, zlib, libxml2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "igraph";
+  version = "0.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "igraph";
+    repo = name;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1wsy0r511gk069il6iqjs27q8cjvqz20gf0a7inybx1bw84845z8";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ flex yacc zlib libxml2 ];
+
+  # This file is normally generated by igraph's bootstrap.sh, but we can do it
+  # ourselves. ~ C.
+  postPatch = ''
+    echo "${version}" > VERSION
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The network analysis package";
+    homepage = http://igraph.org/;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.MostAwesomeDude ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5c5a58c4f4f..0bb3409347c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21241,6 +21241,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   idsk = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/idsk { };
 
+  igraph = callPackage ../development/libraries/igraph { };
+
   illum = callPackage ../tools/system/illum { };
 
   # using the new configuration style proposal which is unstable