diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/c-blosc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/c-blosc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5066b0a3250b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/c-blosc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "c-blosc";
+  version = "1.11.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Blosc";
+    repo = "c-blosc";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "18665lwszwbb48pxgisyxxjh92sr764hv6h7jw8zzsmzdkgzrmcw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A blocking, shuffling and loss-less compression library";
+    homepage = http://www.blosc.org;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e4ed1329f9f2..5febd6cbbb4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7239,6 +7239,8 @@ with pkgs;
     fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
   };
 
+  c-blosc = callPackage ../development/libraries/c-blosc { };
+
   capnproto = callPackage ../development/libraries/capnproto { };
 
   ccnx = callPackage ../development/libraries/ccnx { };