diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e6c58c804e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, boost, pkgconfig, cppunit, zlib, libwpg, libwpd, librevenge}:
+let
+  s = # Generated upstream information
+  rec {
+    baseName="libodfgen";
+    version="0.1.1";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    hash="1p335m2l19c7glsss30rrm5dxfcyajk9fvj7rsclgn0kmb4y48cm";
+    url="mirror://sourceforge/project/libwpd/libodfgen/libodfgen-0.1.1/libodfgen-0.1.1.tar.xz";
+    sha256="1p335m2l19c7glsss30rrm5dxfcyajk9fvj7rsclgn0kmb4y48cm";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost pkgconfig cppunit zlib libwpg libwpd librevenge
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit (s) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    inherit (s) url sha256;
+  };
+  meta = {
+    inherit (s) version;
+    description = ''A base library for generating ODF documents'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mpl20 ;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44f66561bd81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libodfgen/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+url http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpd/files/libodfgen/
+SF_version_dir libodfgen-
+version_link '[.]tar.xz/download$'
+SF_redirect
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 245c7f70c292..89a1a5bad980 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5329,6 +5329,8 @@ let
 
   libnxml = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnxml { };
 
+  libodfgen = callPackage ../development/libraries/libodfgen { };
+
   libofa = callPackage ../development/libraries/libofa { };
 
   libofx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libofx { };