diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39806d7d22c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, libconfuse }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libite-${version}";
+  version = "1.8.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "troglobit";
+    repo = "libite";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0cx566rcjq2m24yq7m88ci642x34lxy97kjb12cbi1c174k738hm";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libconfuse ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "Lightweight library of frog DNA";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Libite is a lightweight library of frog DNA. It can be used to fill
+      the gaps in any dinosaur project. It holds useful functions and macros
+      developed by both Finit and the OpenBSD project. Most notably the
+      string functions: strlcpy(3), strlcat(3) and the highly useful *BSD
+      sys/queue.h and sys/tree.h API's.
+
+      Libite is the frog DNA missing in GNU libc. However, -lite does not
+      aim to become another GLIB! One noticeable gap in GLIBC is the missing
+      _SAFE macros in the BSD sys/queue.h API — highly recommended when
+      traversing lists to delete/free nodes.
+    '';
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bce2c67992b4..3d2ced072183 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2445,6 +2445,8 @@ in
 
   libircclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libircclient { };
 
+  libite = callPackage ../development/libraries/libite { };
+
   liboauth = callPackage ../development/libraries/liboauth { };
 
   libsidplayfp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsidplayfp { };