diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20ef82401e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lirc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "lirc-0.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/lirc/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1zx4mcnjwzz6jsi6ln7a3dkgx05nvg1pxxvmjqvd966ldapay8v3";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-driver=none --enable-sandboxed";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6fe281a69443..13d15bc0538d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4209,6 +4209,8 @@ let
 
   lightning = callPackage ../development/libraries/lightning { };
 
+  lirc = callPackage ../development/libraries/lirc { };
+
   liquidwar = builderDefsPackage ../games/liquidwar {
     inherit (xlibs) xproto libX11 libXrender;
     inherit gmp mesa libjpeg libpng