diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sonic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sonic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5927cb73e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sonic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sonic-${version}";
+  version = "2016-03-01";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "waywardgeek";
+    repo = "sonic";
+    rev = "71bdf26c55716a45af50c667c0335a9519e952dd";
+    sha256 = "1kcl8fdf92kafmfhvyjal5gvkn99brkjyzbi9gw3rd5b30m3xz2b";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "s,^PREFIX=.*,PREFIX=$out," Makefile
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple library to speed up or slow down speech";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/waywardgeek/sonic";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aske ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2efa372ede6..b40a0432b26b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9418,6 +9418,8 @@ in
 
   sofia_sip = callPackage ../development/libraries/sofia-sip { };
 
+  sonic = callPackage ../development/libraries/sonic { };
+
   soprano = callPackage ../development/libraries/soprano { };
 
   soqt = callPackage ../development/libraries/soqt { };