diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libversion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libversion/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e7005195bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libversion/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+let
+  version = "2.6.0";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libversion-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "repology";
+    repo = "libversion";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0krhfycva3l4rhac5kx6x1a6fad594i9i77vy52rwn37j62bm601";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkTarget = "test";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Advanced version string comparison library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/repology/libversion;
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ryantm ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 34fd1a7672be..5c4158d894d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10562,6 +10562,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libvdpau-va-gl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau-va-gl { };
 
+  libversion = callPackage ../development/libraries/libversion { };
+
   libvirt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvirt { };
 
   libvirt-glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvirt-glib { };