diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/twolame/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/twolame/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54ba8470fc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/twolame/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
+, libsndfile }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "twolame-${version}";
+  version = "2017-09-27";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "njh";
+    repo = "twolame";
+    rev = "977c8ac55d8ca6d5f35d1d413a119dac2b3b0333";
+    sha256 = "1rq3yc8ygzdqid9zk6pixmm4w9sk2vrlx217lhn5bjaglv7iyf7x";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libsndfile ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib;{
+    description = "A MP2 encoder";
+    longDescription = ''
+      TwoLAME is an optimised MPEG Audio Layer 2 (MP2) encoder based on
+      tooLAME by Mike Cheng, which in turn is based upon the ISO dist10
+      code and portions of LAME.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.twolame.org/;
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl2Plus ];
+    platforms = with platforms; [ unix ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2a6cb3f6c7fd..0169b338976e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10727,6 +10727,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tremor = callPackage ../development/libraries/tremor { };
 
+  twolame = callPackage ../development/libraries/twolame { };
+
   udns = callPackage ../development/libraries/udns { };
 
   uid_wrapper = callPackage ../development/libraries/uid_wrapper { };