diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtelnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtelnet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f284d1a49a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtelnet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libtelnet-${version}";
+  version = "0.21+45f2d5c";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "seanmiddleditch";
+    repo = "libtelnet";
+    rev = "45f2d5cfcf383312280e61c85b107285fed260cf";
+    sha256 = "1lp6gdbndsp2w8mhy88c2jknxj2klvnggvq04ln7qjg8407ifpda";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple RFC-complient TELNET implementation as a C library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/seanmiddleditch/libtelnet";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.publicDomain;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.tomberek ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9d65269c5689..0102a4d97ec8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2412,6 +2412,8 @@ in
 
   libtermkey = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtermkey { };
 
+  libtelnet = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtelnet { };
+
   libtirpc = callPackage ../development/libraries/ti-rpc { };
 
   libshout = callPackage ../development/libraries/libshout { };