diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zlog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlog/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3dc41371de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlog/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.2.12";
+  name = "zlog-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    name = "${name}-src";
+    url = "https://github.com/HardySimpson/zlog/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1ychld0dcfdak2wnmkj941i0xav6ynlb3n6hz1kz03yy74ll2fqi";
+  };
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    sed -i 's;-Werror;;' src/makefile
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    make PREFIX=$out
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    make PREFIX=$out install
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description= "Reliable, high-performance, thread safe, flexible, clear-model, pure C logging library";
+    homepage = http://hardysimpson.github.com/zlog;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.linux; # cannot test on something else
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 14d256c277a5..459219340739 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8396,6 +8396,8 @@ let
     fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
   };
 
+  zlog = callPackage ../development/libraries/zlog { };
+
   zlibStatic = lowPrio (appendToName "static" (callPackage ../development/libraries/zlib {
     static = true;
   }));