diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sbc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sbc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d621eed67285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sbc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libsndfile, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sbc-1.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "10mq2rmh3h90bwq5cdcmizf93zf8f2br8gds0jxr9i962ai0m5xz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libsndfile ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "SubBand Codec Library";
+
+    homepage = http://www.bluez.org/;
+
+    licenses = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98c0e16d7974..f040dd56d2a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4679,6 +4679,8 @@ let
     inherit (vamp) vampSDK;
   };
 
+  sbc = callPackage ../development/libraries/sbc { };
+
   schroedinger = callPackage ../development/libraries/schroedinger { };
 
   SDL = callPackage ../development/libraries/SDL {