diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 298afcbc161e..42304f68b45c 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
   olejorgenb = "Ole Jørgen Brønner <olejorgenb@yahoo.no>";
   orbekk = "KJ Ørbekk <kjetil.orbekk@gmail.com>";
   orbitz = "Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>";
+  orivej = "Orivej Desh <orivej@gmx.fr>";
   osener = "Ozan Sener <ozan@ozansener.com>";
   otwieracz = "Slawomir Gonet <slawek@otwiera.cz>";
   oxij = "Jan Malakhovski <oxij@oxij.org>";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-xmpp-receipts/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-xmpp-receipts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c69de60c6cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-xmpp-receipts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pidgin } :
+
+let
+  version = "0.7";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pidgin-xmpp-receipts-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "noonien-d";
+    repo = "pidgin-xmpp-receipts";
+    rev = "release_${version}";
+    sha256 = "1ackqwsqgy1nfggl9na4jicv7hd542aazkg629y2jmbyj1dl3kjm";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pidgin ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pidgin/
+    cp xmpp-receipts.so $out/lib/pidgin/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://devel.kondorgulasch.de/pidgin-xmpp-receipts/;
+    description = "Message delivery receipts (XEP-0184) Pidgin plugin";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 51ad8d8b3079..e8bb1b2262e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14548,6 +14548,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pidgin-skypeweb = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-skypeweb { };
 
+  pidgin-xmpp-receipts = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-xmpp-receipts { };
+
   pidginotr = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/otr { };
 
   pidginosd = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/pidgin-osd { };