diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libopenaptx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopenaptx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a29f8dc4a804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopenaptx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libopenaptx-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pali";
+    repo = "libopenaptx";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0996qmkmbax7ccknxrd3bx8xibs79a1ffms69scsj59f3kgj6854";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Audio Processing Technology codec (aptX)";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    homepage = https://github.com/pali/libopenaptx;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 08523ba099f3..2b3ce642bb9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11207,6 +11207,8 @@ in
 
   liboop = callPackage ../development/libraries/liboop { };
 
+  libopenaptx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libopenaptx { };
+
   libopus = callPackage ../development/libraries/libopus { };
 
   libopusenc = callPackage ../development/libraries/libopusenc { };