diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d64df88d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ autoconf, automake114x, fetchzip, libtool, perl, stdenv, which }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.1.10";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libbson-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/mongodb/libbson/releases/download/${version}/libbson-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0zzca7zqvxf89fq7ji9626q8nnqyyh0dnmbk4xijzr9sq485xz0s";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake114x libtool perl which ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A C Library for parsing, editing, and creating BSON documents";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mongodb/libbson";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b27ca65f794..58562c9ffb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6778,6 +6778,8 @@ let
 
   libbs2b = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/libbs2b { };
 
+  libbson = callPackage ../development/libraries/libbson { };
+
   libcaca = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcaca { };
 
   libcanberra = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcanberra { };