diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmusicbrainz/5.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmusicbrainz/5.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cdb8fb46910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmusicbrainz/5.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, neon, libdiscid }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmusicbrainz-5.0.1";
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake neon libdiscid ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/downloads/metabrainz/libmusicbrainz/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "a0406b94c341c2b52ec0fe98f57cadf3";
+  };
+
+  dontUseCmakeBuildDir=true;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://musicbrainz.org/doc/libmusicbrainz;
+    description = "MusicBrainz Client Library (5.x version)";
+    longDescription = ''
+      The libmusicbrainz (also known as mb_client or MusicBrainz Client
+      Library) is a development library geared towards developers who wish to
+      add MusicBrainz lookup capabilities to their applications.'';
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d0fea1417de2..9bee27b52eb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5065,6 +5065,8 @@ let
 
   libmusicbrainz3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmusicbrainz { };
 
+  libmusicbrainz5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmusicbrainz/5.x.nix { };
+
   libmusicbrainz = libmusicbrainz3;
 
   libnet = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnet { };