diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/lessc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/lessc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d2bd5e7d0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/lessc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, nodejs }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "lessc-${version}";
+  version = "1.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/less/less.js.git;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "12nzaz7v1bnqzylh4zm1srrj7w7f45fqj4sihxyg0bknfvfwdc56";
+  };
+
+  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib
+    cp -r $src/bin/* $out/bin/
+    cp -r $src/lib/* $out/lib/
+    substituteInPlace $out/bin/lessc --replace "/usr/bin/env node" ${nodejs}/bin/node
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "LESS to CSS compiler";
+    homepage = http://lesscss.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bc6545833fa7..b464e8bf0075 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2683,6 +2683,8 @@ let
     fpc = fpc;
   };
 
+  lessc = callPackage ../development/compilers/lessc { };
+
   llvm = callPackage ../development/compilers/llvm {
     stdenv = if stdenv.isDarwin
       then stdenvAdapters.overrideGCC stdenv gccApple