diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b90cbbad9206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/goffice/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, glib, gtk, libglade, bzip2
+, pango, libgsf, libxml2, libart, intltool, gettext
+, cairo, gconf, libgnomeui }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "goffice-0.6.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    # An old version, but one that's actually usable for Gnucash.
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/goffice/0.6/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "11lzhmk7g6mdsbyn4p4a6q2d9m8j71vad2haw6pmzyjzv2gs4rq7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig libglade bzip2 libart intltool gettext
+    gconf libgnomeui
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    # All these are in the "Requires:" field of `libgoffice-0.6.pc'.
+    glib libgsf libxml2 gtk libglade libart cairo pango
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GOffice, a Glib/GTK+ set of document centric objects and utilities";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      There are common operations for document centric applications that are
+      conceptually simple, but complex to implement fully: plugins, load/save
+      documents, undo/redo.
+    '';
+
+    license = "GPLv2";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9749a45c4b89..bf239de815ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3324,6 +3324,14 @@ let
     cxx = true;
   };
 
+  goffice = import ../development/libraries/goffice {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libgsf libxml2 cairo
+      intltool gettext bzip2;
+    inherit (gnome) glib gtk libglade libgnomeui pango;
+    gconf = gnome.GConf;
+    libart = gnome.libart_lgpl;
+  };
+
   goocanvas = import ../development/libraries/goocanvas {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig cairo;
     inherit (gnome) gtk glib;