diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gle/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64f51a56fd37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gle/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, mesa, freeglut, libX11, libXt, libXmu, libXi, libXext}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gle-3.1.0";
+  buildInputs = [mesa freeglut libX11 libXt libXmu libXi libXext];
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls = [
+      "mirror://sourceforge/project/gle/gle/gle-3.1.0/gle-3.1.0.tar.gz"
+      "http://www.linas.org/gle/pub/gle-3.1.0.tar.gz"
+      ];
+    sha256 = "09zs1di4dsssl9k322nzildvf41jwipbzhik9p43yb1bcfsp92nw";
+  };
+  meta = {
+    description = ''Tubing and extrusion library'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2 ;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 21d9e62d708b..c7d609d9ec2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7102,6 +7102,8 @@ in
 
   libgit2_0_21 = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2/0.21.nix { };
 
+  gle = callPackage ../development/libraries/gle { };
+
   glew = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew { };
   glew110 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix { };