diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openbr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openbr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..292db910318b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openbr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, opencv, qt5 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  version = "0.5";
+  name = "openbr-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/biometrics/openbr.git";
+    rev = "cc364a89a86698cd8d3052f42a3cb520c929b325";
+    sha256 = "16b3mmsf9r1yqqaw89fx0c3bgfg86dz4phry89wqy2hw05szgda3";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ opencv qt5 ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Open Source Biometric Recognition";
+    homepage = http://openbiometrics.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [flosse];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f961c21ec1f6..4d674fea3754 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6652,6 +6652,8 @@ let
 
   openbabel = callPackage ../development/libraries/openbabel { };
 
+  openbr = callPackage ../development/libraries/openbr { };
+
   opencascade = callPackage ../development/libraries/opencascade { };
 
   opencascade_6_5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/opencascade/6.5.nix {