diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pcaudiolib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcaudiolib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccb7d4179df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pcaudiolib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, which, libtool, pkgconfig,
+  alsaLib, portaudio, 
+  pulseaudioSupport ? true, libpulseaudio }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pcaudiolib-${version}";
+  version = "2016-07-19";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rhdunn";
+    repo = "pcaudiolib";
+    rev = "4f836ea909bdaa8a6e0e89c587efc745b546b459";
+    sha256 = "0z99nh4ibb9md2cd21762n1dmv6jk988785s1cxd8lsy4hp4pwfa";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake which libtool pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ portaudio alsaLib ] ++ lib.optional pulseaudioSupport libpulseaudio;
+
+  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Provides a C API to different audio devices";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rhdunn/pcaudiolib";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aske ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0102a4d97ec8..a2efa372ede6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9015,6 +9015,10 @@ in
 
   pangoxsl = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangoxsl { };
 
+  pcaudiolib = callPackage ../development/libraries/pcaudiolib {
+    pulseaudioSupport = config.pulseaudio or true;
+  };
+
   pcg_c = callPackage ../development/libraries/pcg-c { };
 
   pcl = callPackage ../development/libraries/pcl {