diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcredis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcredis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..036c918b32db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcredis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libcredis-0.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://credis.googlecode.com/files/credis-0.2.3.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1l3hlw9rrc11qggbg9a2303p3bhxxx2vqkmlk8avsrbqw15r1ayr";
+  };
+
+  # credis build system has no install actions, provide our own.
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
+    mkdir -p "$out/include"
+
+    cp -v credis-test "$out/bin/"
+    cp -v *.a *.so "$out/lib/"
+    cp -v *.h "$out/include/"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "C client library for Redis (key-value database)";
+    homepage = https://code.google.com/p/credis/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3; # from homepage
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 32d729e582be..cbbfde8d47d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5073,6 +5073,8 @@ let
 
   libcangjie = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcangjie { };
 
+  libcredis = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcredis { };
+
   libctemplate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libctemplate { };
 
   libcue = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcue { };