diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libuchardet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuchardet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86428e08c475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libuchardet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libuchardet-${version}";
+
+  version = "0.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "BYVoid";
+    repo   = "uchardet";
+    rev    = "69b7133995e4ee260b093323c57a7f8c6c6803b8";
+    sha256 = "0yqrc9a7wxsh2fvigjppjp55v4r1q8p40yh048xsvl3kly2rkqy9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Mozilla's Universal Charset Detector C/C++ API";
+    homepage    = https://www.byvoid.com/zht/project/uchardet;
+    license     = licenses.mpl11;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b89dd6295722..1fbe58aeb50f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5715,6 +5715,8 @@ let
 
   libchardet = callPackage ../development/libraries/libchardet { };
 
+  libuchardet = callPackage ../development/libraries/libuchardet { };
+
   libchop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libchop { };
 
   libcm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcm { };