diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ilixi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilixi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd8ad8b35615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilixi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, directfb, libsigcxx, libxml2, fontconfig }:
+
+# TODO: optional deps: baresip, FusionDale, FusionSound, SaWMan, doxygen,
+# Reflex, Wnn, NLS
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ilixi-1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Libs/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1kmdmqf68jiv7y6as41bhbgdy70yy2i811a3l6kccbazlzpif34v";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig directfb libsigcxx libxml2 fontconfig ];
+
+  configureFlags = ''
+    --enable-log-debug --enable-debug --enable-trace --with-examples
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Lightweight C++ GUI toolkit for embedded Linux systems";
+    homepage = http://ilixi.org/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a4b687c344e1..e2cb2a62174f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4448,6 +4448,8 @@ let
 
   ilbc = callPackage ../development/libraries/ilbc { };
 
+  ilixi = callPackage ../development/libraries/ilixi { };
+
   ilmbase = callPackage ../development/libraries/ilmbase { };
 
   imlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/imlib {