diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/jbig2enc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/jbig2enc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60704d6300c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/jbig2enc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, leptonica, zlib, libwebp, giflib, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff }: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "jbig2enc-0.28";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://github.com/agl/jbig2enc/archive/0.28-dist.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1wc0lmqz4jag3rhhk1xczlqpfv2qqp3fz7wzic2lba3vsbi1rrw3";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ leptonica zlib libwebp giflib libjpeg libpng libtiff ];
+
+  # This is necessary, because the resulting library has
+  # /tmp/nix-build-jbig2enc/src/.libs before /nix/store/jbig2enc/lib
+  # in its rpath, which means that patchelf --shrink-rpath removes
+  # the /nix/store one.  By cleaning up before fixup, we ensure that
+  # the /tmp/nix-build-jbig2enc/src/.libs directory is gone.
+  preFixup = ''
+    make clean
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 24f4e4e9ed89..6038128d5f0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1318,6 +1318,8 @@ let
 
   pdfjam = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/pdfjam { };
 
+  jbig2enc = callPackage ../tools/graphics/jbig2enc { };
+
   pdfread = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pdfread { };
 
   briss = callPackage ../tools/graphics/briss { };