diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ming/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ming/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cfb8afa8eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ming/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, flex, bison, freetype, zlib, libpng
+, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ming-0.4.0.rc1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/ming/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "19brcqh4mqav5gsnmnb6j4gv9s0rmkg71657ck17xj8fdklq38y7";
+  };
+
+  # We don't currently build the Python, Perl, PHP, etc. bindings.
+  # Perl is needed for the test suite, though.
+
+  buildInputs = [ flex bison freetype zlib libpng perl ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ming, a library for generating Flash `.swf' files";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Ming is a library for generating Macromedia Flash files (.swf),
+      written in C, and includes useful utilities for working with
+      .swf files.  It has wrappers that allow it to be used in C++,
+      PHP, Python, Ruby, and Perl.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.libming.org/;
+
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d14f391cec2d..f7d3f7add595 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3354,6 +3354,10 @@ let
     mesaSrc = mesa.src;
   };
 
+  ming = import ../development/libraries/ming {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv flex bison freetype zlib libpng perl;
+  };
+
   mpeg2dec = import ../development/libraries/mpeg2dec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };