diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gamin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gamin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6ae0bacb22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gamin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "gamin-0.1.9";
+
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = "http://www.gnome.org/~veillard/gamin/sources/${name}.tar.gz";
+		sha256 = "0fgjfyr0nlkpdxj94a4qfm82wypljdyv1b6l56v7i9jdx0hcdqhr";
+	};
+
+	buildInputs = [python pkgconfig glib];
+	configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static --disable-debug";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 320a6154503a..82c7b08108e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1892,6 +1892,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  gamin = import ../development/libraries/gamin {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv python pkgconfig;
+	  inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
+  };
+
   geos = import ../development/libraries/geos {
     inherit fetchurl fetchsvn stdenv mkDerivationByConfiguration autoconf automake libtool swig which lib;
     use_svn = stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";