diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/let-alist/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/let-alist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..863e9f95d95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/let-alist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "let-alist-1.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/let-alist-1.0.3.el";
+    sha256 = "12n1cmjc7hzyy0jmsdxqz1hqzg4ri4nvvi0p9mw1d6v44xzfm0mx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
+
+  unpackPhase = "cp -v ${src} let-alist.el";
+  buildPhase = "emacs --batch -f batch-byte-compile let-alist.el";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+    mv -v *.el *.elc $out/share/emacs/site-lisp/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/let-alist.html";
+    description = "Easily let-bind values of an assoc-list by their names";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ simons ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4f4914db59fe..751221951ab5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9834,6 +9834,8 @@ let
 
     js2 = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/js2 { };
 
+    let-alist = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/let-alist { };
+
     logito = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/logito { };
 
     loremIpsum = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/lorem-ipsum { };