diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cc7a0bba62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, libuv, sqlite-replication }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dqlite-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "CanonicalLtd";
+    repo = "dqlite";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "03dikhjppraagyvjx4zbp7f5jfg74jivighxkwrbzrcy0g8pmcvd";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libuv sqlite-replication ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Expose a SQLite database over the network and replicate it across a cluster of peers";
+    homepage = https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/dqlite/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ joko ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d83483a7092..ae00a7f2331b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12329,6 +12329,8 @@ with pkgs;
     '';
   });
 
+  dqlite = callPackage ../development/libraries/dqlite { };
+
   sqlcipher = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/sqlcipher {
     readline = null;
     ncurses = null;