diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spirv-headers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spirv-headers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40d272fd07d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spirv-headers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "spirv-headers-${version}";
+  version = "2019.1"; # spirv-tools version whose DEPS file calls for this commit
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "SPIRV-Headers";
+    rev = "79b6681aadcb53c27d1052e5f8a0e82a981dbf2f"; # from spirv-tools' DEPS
+    sha256 = "0flng2rdmc4ndq3j71h6wk1ibcjvhjrg2rzd6rv445vcsf0jh2pj";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "Machine-readable components of the Khronos SPIR-V Registry";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ralith ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ff30d1cae528..2b565cace580 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9103,6 +9103,7 @@ in
 
   spin = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/spin { };
 
+  spirv-headers = callPackage ../development/libraries/spirv-headers { };
   spirv-tools = callPackage ../development/tools/spirv-tools { };
 
   splint = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/splint {