diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52051725e228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "avahi-0.6.11";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://avahi.org/download/avahi-0.6.11.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "91fd8cc0c2bae638848faad36cf1c032";
+  };
+
+  #buildInputs = [pkgconfig glib gtk libpng libglade];
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig];
+
+  configureFlags = "--disable-glib --disable-qt3 --disable-qt4 --disable-gtk --disable-dbus --disable-expat --disable-gdbm --disable-libdaemon --disable-python --disable-mono";
+}