diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libasyncns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libasyncns/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc21237e238d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libasyncns/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libasyncns-0.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libasyncns/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0x5b6lcic4cd7q0bx00x93kvpyzl7n2abbgvqbrlzrfb8vknc6jg";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libasyncns/;
+    description = "a C library for Linux/Unix for executing name service queries asynchronously";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f51af3890db3..53ce226c9343 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6279,6 +6279,8 @@ let
     automake = automake112x; # fails with 13 and 14
   };
 
+  libasyncns = callPackage ../development/libraries/libasyncns { };
+
   libatomic_ops = callPackage ../development/libraries/libatomic_ops {};
 
   libav = libav_11; # branch 11 is API-compatible with branch 10