diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vmime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vmime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f70b7a39a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vmime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gsasl, gnutls, pkgconfig, zlib, libtasn1 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "vmime-0.9.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/vmime/libvmime-0.9.1.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1bninkznn07zhl7gc3jnigzvb0x1sclwqwgjy47ahzdwv5vcnriv";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gsasl gnutls pkgconfig zlib libtasn1 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.vmime.org/;
+    description = "Free mail library for C++";
+    license = "GPLv3";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index adf0997896db..9775501e945d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4114,6 +4114,8 @@ let
 
   vigra = callPackage ../development/libraries/vigra { };
 
+  vmime = callPackage ../development/libraries/vmime { };
+
   vtk = callPackage ../development/libraries/vtk { };
 
   vxl = callPackage ../development/libraries/vxl { };