diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/0.3.15.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/0.3.15.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db068d2dec30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboil/0.3.15.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "liboil-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/download/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1m3zcl54sf21cf2ckzny16ihymz8whi60ymyrhmd3m1dlw1knpmf";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig glib];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://liboil.freedesktop.org;
+    description = "Liboil is a library of simple functions that are optimized
+    for various CPUs.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ec64d501dca..f642912e942b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3236,7 +3236,7 @@ let
   };
 
   liboil = composedArgsAndFun
-    (selectVersion ../development/libraries/liboil "0.3.13") {
+    (selectVersion ../development/libraries/liboil "0.3.15") {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig;
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
   };