diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tokyo-tyrant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tokyo-tyrant/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..633192133122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tokyo-tyrant/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, tokyocabinet, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tokyotyrant-1.1.41";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://fallabs.com/tokyotyrant/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "13xqcinhydqmh7231qlir6pymacjwcf98drybkhd9597kzxp1bs2";
+  };
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ tokyocabinet ];
+
+  doCheck = false;                                # FIXME
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Network interface of the Tokyo Cabinet DBM";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' Tokyo Tyrant is a package of network interface to the DBM called
+         Tokyo Cabinet.  Though the DBM has high performance, you might
+         bother in case that multiple processes share the same database, or
+         remote processes access the database.  Thus, Tokyo Tyrant is
+         provided for concurrent and remote connections to Tokyo Cabinet.  It
+         is composed of the server process managing a database and its access
+         library for client applications.
+
+         Tokyo Tyrant is written in the C language, and provided as API of C,
+         Perl, and Ruby.  Tokyo Tyrant is available on platforms which have
+         API conforming to C99 and POSIX.  Tokyo Tyrant is a free software
+         licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
+       '';
+
+    homepage = http://fallabs.com/tokyotyrant/;
+
+    license = "LGPLv2.1+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;         # arbitrary choice
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 612168b575a0..27a052d9e1e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4597,6 +4597,7 @@ let
   tnt = callPackage ../development/libraries/tnt { };
 
   tokyocabinet = callPackage ../development/libraries/tokyo-cabinet { };
+  tokyotyrant = callPackage ../development/libraries/tokyo-tyrant { };
 
   tremor = callPackage ../development/libraries/tremor { };