diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbf6847c3702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libewf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, zlib, openssl, libuuid }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libewf-20080501";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/libewf/libewf-20080501.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0s8fp7kmpk0976zii0fbk8vhi8k1br2fjp510rmgr6q1ssqdbi36";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib openssl libuuid ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library for support of the Expert Witness Compression Format";
+    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/libewf/;
+    license = "free";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b9738e921e57..d8bd746d94cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3388,6 +3388,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  libewf = import ../development/libraries/libewf {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib openssl libuuid;
+  };
+
   libexif = import ../development/libraries/libexif {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv gettext;
   };