diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/keybinder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/keybinder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20e2cd2218ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/keybinder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, gnome_common
+, gtk_doc, gtk2, python, pygtk, pygobject, lua
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "keybinder-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    name = "${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://github.com/engla/keybinder/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0kkplz5snycik5xknwq1s8rnmls3qsp32z09mdpmaacydcw7g3cf";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig gnome_common gtk_doc gtk2
+    python pygtk pygobject lua
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh --prefix="$out"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for registering global key bindings";
+    longDescription = ''
+      keybinder is a library for registering global keyboard shortcuts.
+      Keybinder works with GTK-based applications using the X Window System.
+
+      The library contains:
+
+      * A C library, ``libkeybinder``
+      * Gobject-Introspection (gir)  generated bindings
+      * Lua bindings, ``lua-keybinder``
+      * Python bindings, ``python-keybinder``
+      * An ``examples`` directory with programs in C, Lua, Python and Vala.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/engla/keybinder/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platform = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c094bb2b9a7e..03c313b21b6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4547,6 +4547,12 @@ let
 
   judy = callPackage ../development/libraries/judy { };
 
+  keybinder = callPackage ../development/libraries/keybinder {
+    inherit (gnome2) gnome_common;
+    automake = automake111x;
+    lua = lua5_1;
+  };
+
   krb5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix { };
 
   lcms = lcms1;