diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblockfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblockfile/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2db90845f699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblockfile/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  _name   = "liblockfile";
+  version = "1.09";
+  name    = "${_name}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/libl/${_name}/${_name}_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0zqvbxls1632wqfhv4v3q2djzlz9391h0wdgsvhnaqrr0nx9x5qn";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e 's/install -g [^ ]* /install /' Makefile.in
+  '';
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib,include,man} $out/man/man{1,3}
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Liblockfile is a shared library with NFS-safe locking functions.";
+    homepage = http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/liblockfile1;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.bluescreen303 ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0862b7eee27e..cf591b9db3e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4122,6 +4122,8 @@ let
 
   liblqr1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/liblqr-1 { };
 
+  liblockfile = callPackage ../development/libraries/liblockfile { };
+
   libmhash = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmhash {};
 
   libmtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmtp { };