diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/json-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-glib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..045a35d3c373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/json-glib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, pkgconfig }:
+
+let
+  pname = "json-glib";
+  version = "0.10.4";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = pname + "-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/0.10/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1naydnjagxw5gsq77lhaasjzfv1kp19v6bkybg1krq7rsd0v7n7g";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://live.gnome.org/JsonGlib;
+    description = "A library providing (de)serialization support for the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2df40ffc4237..b65bf1a0d0aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3109,6 +3109,8 @@ let
 
   jetty_util = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jetty-util { };
 
+  json_glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/json-glib { };
+
   judy = callPackage ../development/libraries/judy { };
 
   krb5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix { };