diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoundio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoundio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43c6a1b3cebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsoundio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, alsaLib, libjack2-git, libpulseaudio }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  name = "libsoundio-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "andrewrk";
+    repo = "libsoundio";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "1nlsn517rqvhc1scfw96ky7ja6dj2l96j4qjrphb5z63zxxi06pf";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake alsaLib libjack2-git libpulseaudio ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cross platform audio input and output";
+    homepage = http://libsound.io/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.andrewrk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ef9ab44c377..f81d8993ff26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6992,6 +6992,8 @@ let
 
   libserialport = callPackage ../development/libraries/libserialport { };
 
+  libsoundio = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsoundio { };
+
   libgtop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgtop {};
 
   libLAS = callPackage ../development/libraries/libLAS { };