diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpipeline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpipeline/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e56a45c92fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpipeline/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+ 
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libpipeline-1.2.6";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://savannah/libpipeline/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0wjsigim422ilzs46hxzv98l10zprpbk53gq3jzj6s9kn9n1wljc";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://libpipeline.nongnu.org";
+    description = "C library for manipulating pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9bc23af3b6b7..d67ec187d2b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4948,6 +4948,8 @@ let
 
   libpcap = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpcap { };
 
+  libpipeline = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpipeline { };
+
   libpng = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpng { };
   libpng_apng = libpng.override { apngSupport = true; };
   libpng12 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpng/12.nix { };