diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
index 7e8b6b671cd2..363e5f7cfbee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 , enableSystemd ? stdenv.isLinux
 , enableDaemon ? true
 , enableCli ? true
+, installLib ? false
 }:
 
 let
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
       "-DENABLE_QT=${mkFlag enableQt}"
       "-DENABLE_DAEMON=${mkFlag enableDaemon}"
       "-DENABLE_CLI=${mkFlag enableCli}"
+      "-DINSTALL_LIB=${mkFlag installLib}"
     ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 039a95b6c0dc..b786733b8eb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26209,6 +26209,11 @@ in
   transcode = callPackage ../applications/audio/transcode { };
 
   transmission = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/transmission { };
+  libtransmission = transmission.override {
+    installLib = true;
+    enableDaemon = false;
+    enableCli = false;
+  };
   transmission-gtk = transmission.override { enableGTK3 = true; };
   transmission-qt = transmission.override { enableQt = true; };