diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liberio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liberio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4023d5f36a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liberio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+, systemd
+, pkg-config
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "liberio";
+  version = "unstable-2019-12-11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "EttusResearch";
+    repo = "liberio";
+    rev = "81777e500d1c3b88d5048d46643fb5553eb5f786";
+    sha256 = "1n40lj5g497mmqh14vahdhy3jwvcry2pkc670p4c9f1pggp6ysgk";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    systemd
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Ettus Research DMA I/O Library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/EttusResearch/liberio";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.doronbehar ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30bc0af360ec..2cb6a34e3ec4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4902,6 +4902,8 @@ in
 
   libevdev = callPackage ../development/libraries/libevdev { };
 
+  liberio = callPackage ../development/libraries/liberio { };
+
   libevdevplus = callPackage ../development/libraries/libevdevplus { };
 
   libfann = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfann { };