diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmnl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmnl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb6eacc366b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmnl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmnl-1.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://netfilter.org/projects/libmnl/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha1 = "c27e25f67c6422ebf893fc3a844af8085a1c5b63";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "minimalistic user-space library oriented to Netlink developers";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libmnl is a minimalistic user-space library oriented to Netlink developers.
+      There are a lot of common tasks in parsing, validating, constructing of both the Netlink
+      header and TLVs that are repetitive and easy to get wrong.
+      This library aims to provide simple helpers that allows you to re-use code and to avoid
+      re-inventing the wheel.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://netfilter.org/projects/libmnl/index.html;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fc351f94e948..d4d781a7f957 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4257,6 +4257,8 @@ let
 
   libmng = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmng { };
 
+  libmnl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmnl { };
+
   libmodplug = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmodplug {};
 
   libmpcdec = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmpcdec { };