diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ubus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ubus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f7124411ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ubus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, cmake, fetchgit, libubox, libjson }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "ubus";
+  version = "unstable-2020-01-05";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.openwrt.org/project/ubus.git";
+    rev = "d35df8adda873dc75d876f72b78e84db8cfa72ee";
+    sha256 = "1ksrih5vfyixaafzsrs6ab88qw34d0197wvw201jl5p1fc7drgn4";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-D BUILD_LUA:BOOL=OFF" ];
+  buildInputs = [ libubox libjson ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "OpenWrt system message/RPC bus";
+    homepage = "https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/ubus.git;a=summary";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ petabyteboy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cb4016b49716..e9cc7bc43767 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11104,6 +11104,8 @@ in
 
   cpp-netlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/cpp-netlib {};
 
+  ubus = callPackage ../development/libraries/ubus { };
+
   uri = callPackage ../development/libraries/uri { };
 
   cppcms = callPackage ../development/libraries/cppcms { };