diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libircclient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libircclient/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14e41961e0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libircclient/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "1.9";
+  pname   = "libircclient";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${pname}/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0r60i76jh4drjh2jgp5sx71chagqllmkaq49zv67nrhqwvp9ghw1";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-shared" ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.in \
+      --replace "@prefix@/include" "@prefix@/include/libircclient" \
+      --replace "@libdir@"         "@prefix@/lib" \
+      --replace "cp "              "install "
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A small but extremely powerful library which implements the client IRC protocol";
+    homepage    = http://www.ulduzsoft.com/libircclient/;
+    license     = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ obadz ];
+    platforms   = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f5eb1e9c13da..b380180b3e12 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2390,6 +2390,8 @@ in
 
   libevhtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libevhtp { };
 
+  libircclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libircclient { };
+
   liboauth = callPackage ../development/libraries/liboauth { };
 
   libsidplayfp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsidplayfp { };