diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/plib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/plib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33b940f77184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/plib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, mesa, freeglut, SDL
+, libXi, libSM, libXmu, libXext, libX11 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "plib-1.8.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    # XXX: The author doesn't use the orthodox SF way to store tarballs.
+    url = "http://plib.sourceforge.net/dist/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0cha71mflpa10vh2l7ipyqk67dq2y0k5xbafwdks03fwdyzj4ns8";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    mesa freeglut SDL
+
+    # The following libs ought to be propagated build inputs of Mesa.
+    libXi libSM libXmu libXext libX11
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "PLIB: A Suite of Portable Game Libraries";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      PLIB includes sound effects, music, a complete 3D engine, font
+      rendering, a simple Windowing library, a game scripting
+      language, a GUI, networking, 3D math library and a collection of
+      handy utility functions.  All are 100% portable across nearly
+      all modern computing platforms.  What's more, it's all available
+      on line - and completely free.  Each library component is fairly
+      independent of the others - so if you want to use SDL, GTK,
+      GLUT, or FLTK instead of PLIB's 'PW' windowing library, you can.
+    '';
+
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+
+    homepage = http://plib.sourceforge.net/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a68021091e9..8ca4c59b475b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3472,6 +3472,11 @@ let
     cplusplusSupport = !stdenv ? isDietLibC;
   };
 
+  plib = import ../development/libraries/plib {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv mesa freeglut SDL;
+    inherit (xlibs) libXi libSM libXmu libXext libX11;
+  };
+
   poppler = import ../development/libraries/poppler {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv qt4 cairo freetype fontconfig zlib libjpeg
       pkgconfig;