diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fribidi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fribidi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9394e00da4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fribidi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "fribidi-0.10.7";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://fribidi.org/download/fribidi-0.10.7.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "0f602ed32869dbc551dc6bc83d8a3d28";
+  };
+}