diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfaketime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfaketime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d430614257e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfaketime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libfaketime-0.9.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.code-wizards.com/projects/libfaketime/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1dw2lqsv2iqwxg51mdn25b4fjj3v357s0mc6ahxawqp210krg29s";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlagsArray+=(PREFIX="$out" LIBDIRNAME=/lib)
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Report faked system time to programs without having to change the system-wide time";
+    homepage = http://www.code-wizards.com/projects/libfaketime/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2d3ae69e72b8..656ea4388fb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5656,6 +5656,8 @@ let
 
   libetpan = callPackage ../development/libraries/libetpan { };
 
+  libfaketime = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfaketime { };
+
   libfm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfm { };
   libfm-extra = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfm {
     extraOnly = true;