diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lcms2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lcms2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c2044d47ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lcms2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libtiff, libjpeg, zlib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "lcms2-2.0a";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sf/lcms/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0kq5imagri0l964nnj06f7xny2q7rwvzqpm8ibsqz5zm263ggskd";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libtiff libjpeg zlib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Color management engine";
+    homepage = http://www.littlecms.com/;
+    license = "MIT";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4d9a7770f4ce..82b38fc931cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3083,7 +3083,11 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas;
   };
 
-  lcms = callPackage ../development/libraries/lcms { };
+  lcms = lcms1;
+
+  lcms1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/lcms { };
+
+  lcms2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/lcms2 { };
 
   lensfun = callPackage ../development/libraries/lensfun {
     inherit (gnome) glib;