diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbrotli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbrotli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e28b57dadf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbrotli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, brotliUnstable}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libbrotli-20160120";
+  version = "53d53e8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bagder";
+    repo = "libbrotli";
+    rev = "53d53e8d9c0d37398d37bac2e7a7aa20b0025e9e";
+    sha256 = "10r4nx6n1r54f5cjck5mmmsj7bkasnmmz7m84imhil45q73kzd4m";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [autoconf automake libtool];
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cp -r ${brotliUnstable.src}/* brotli/
+    chmod -R +700 brotli
+    mkdir m4
+    autoreconf --install --force --symlink
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Meta project to build libraries from the brotli source code";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Wrapper scripts and code around the brotli code base.
+      Builds libraries out of the brotli decode and encode sources. Uses autotools.
+      'brotlidec' is the library for decoding, decompression
+      'brotlienc' is the library for encoding, compression
+    '';
+
+    homepage = https://github.com/bagder/libbrotli;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index acdd52a1a783..1e6fc7511e47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1146,6 +1146,8 @@ let
 
   brotliUnstable = callPackage ../tools/compression/brotli/unstable.nix { };
 
+  libbrotli = callPackage ../development/libraries/libbrotli { };
+
   biosdevname = callPackage ../tools/networking/biosdevname { };
 
   checkbashism = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/checkbashisms { };