diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gamenetworkingsockets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gamenetworkingsockets/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f2fdb8f749a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gamenetworkingsockets/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, ninja, go, protobuf, openssl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "GameNetworkingSockets";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ValveSoftware";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1zghyc4liml8gzxflyh5gp6zi11ny6ng5hv9wyqvp32rfx221gc6";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja go ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-G Ninja" ];
+
+  # tmp home for go
+  preBuild = "export HOME=\"$TMPDIR\"";
+
+  buildInputs = [ protobuf openssl ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    # build failure is resolved on master, remove at next release
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
+    description = "GameNetworkingSockets is a basic transport layer for games";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 95d283ec005c..144c58fbdd48 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13254,6 +13254,8 @@ in
 
   funambol = callPackage ../development/libraries/funambol { };
 
+  gamenetworkingsockets = callPackage ../development/libraries/gamenetworkingsockets { };
+
   gamin = callPackage ../development/libraries/gamin { };
   fam = gamin; # added 2018-04-25