diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3858d87e7edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, gtest, openssl, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libtorrent-jesec";
+  version = "0.13.8-r1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jesec";
+    repo = "libtorrent";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Eh5pMkSe9uO0dPRWDg2BbbRxxuvX9FM2/OReq/61ojc=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];
+
+  # https://github.com/jesec/libtorrent/issues/1
+  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ gtest ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with focus on high performance and good code (jesec's fork)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jesec/libtorrent";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ winterqt ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e57409a0b91c..881c505c502e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5955,6 +5955,8 @@ in
 
   libtorrent = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent { };
 
+  libtorrent-jesec = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec { };
+
   libmpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmpack { };
 
   libiberty = callPackage ../development/libraries/libiberty { };