diff --git a/lib/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses.nix
index 107296089d0a..ebd7d56d7618 100644
--- a/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -402,6 +402,11 @@ lib.mapAttrs (n: v: v // { shortName = n; }) rec {
     fullName = "TCL/TK License";
   };
 
+  ufl = {
+    fullName = "Ubuntu Font License 1.0";
+    url = http://font.ubuntu.com/ufl/ubuntu-font-licence-1.0.txt;
+  };
+
   unfree = {
     fullName = "Unfree";
     free = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/google-fonts/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/google-fonts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f14f945e353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/google-fonts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "google-fonts";
+  version = "2015-11-18";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/google/fonts/archive/a26bc2b9f4ad27266c2587dc0355b3066519844a.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1aizwzsxg30mjds1628280bs7ishgsfairnx131654gm51aihw8p";
+  };
+
+  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    find . -name "*.ttf" -exec cp -v {} $out/share/fonts/truetype \;
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.google.com/fontsl;
+    description = "Font files available from Google Font";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ofl ufl ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainer = with maintainers; [ manveru ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8fcc8a6b4193..c1a19f545494 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1661,6 +1661,8 @@ let
 
   google-cloud-sdk = callPackage ../tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk { };
 
+  google-fonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/google-fonts { };
+
   gource = callPackage ../applications/version-management/gource { };
 
   gpart = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/gpart { };