diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tclap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tclap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..276b279fc09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tclap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tclap-1.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/tclap/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1fzf7l1wvlhxnpwi15jvvfizn836s7r0r8vckgbqk2lyf7ihz7wz";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://tclap.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "Templatized C++ Command Line Parser Library";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f08fcb5cac7..4478c5c468c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4681,6 +4681,8 @@ let
 ##    inherit stdenv fetchurl cmake qt4 telepathy_qt;
 ##  };
 
+  tclap = callPackage ../development/libraries/tclap {};
+
   tcp_wrappers = callPackage ../development/libraries/tcp-wrappers {};
 
   tdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/tdb { };