diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodplug/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodplug/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a45bc9fdf8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodplug/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="libmodplug";
+    version="0.8.8.4";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    url="mirror://sourceforge/project/modplug-xmms/${baseName}/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="1xv44bd84c4qi41i1wwjr6qzazx15l85yvi74sz49ldyvlyy2pjw";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "Music library";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+    license = a.lib.licenses.publicDomain;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/modplug-xmms/files/libmodplug/";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 138b8ff624a3..b022a42ddae2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3909,6 +3909,8 @@ let
 
   libmng = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmng { };
 
+  libmodplug = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmodplug {};
+
   libmpcdec = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmpcdec { };
 
   libmrss = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmrss { };