diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/iksemel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/iksemel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e8061ee8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/iksemel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnutls, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "iksemel-${version}";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://iksemel.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha1 = "722910b99ce794fd3f6f0e5f33fa804732cf46db";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e '/if.*gnutls_check_version/,/return 1;/c return 0;' configure
+    export LIBGNUTLS_CONFIG="${pkgconfig}/bin/pkg-config gnutls"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gnutls zlib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://code.google.com/p/iksemel/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    description = "Fast and portable XML parser and Jabber protocol library";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5a64da16aa7..18577679c3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4220,6 +4220,8 @@ let
 
   id3lib = callPackage ../development/libraries/id3lib { };
 
+  iksemel = callPackage ../development/libraries/iksemel { };
+
   ilbc = callPackage ../development/libraries/ilbc { };
 
   ilmbase = callPackage ../development/libraries/ilmbase { };