diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnsl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnsl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4af280c3cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnsl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, libtirpc, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libnsl-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "thkukuk";
+    repo = "libnsl";
+    rev = "libnsl-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0h8br0gmgw3fp5fmy6bfbj1qlk9hry1ssg25ssjgxbd8spczpscs";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libtirpc ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Client interface library for NIS(YP) and NIS+";
+    homepage = https://github.com/thkukuk/libnsl;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9df84ea3077d..7f0410a114ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9263,6 +9263,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libnice = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnice { };
 
+  libnsl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnsl { };
+
   liboping = callPackage ../development/libraries/liboping { };
 
   libplist = callPackage ../development/libraries/libplist { };