diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnftnl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnftnl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb1e83467424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnftnl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libmnl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libnftnl-1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1p268cv85l4ipd1p9ipjdrfgba14cblp01apv7wc44zmwfr2gkkq";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libmnl ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "a userspace library providing a low-level netlink API to the in-kernel nf_tables subsystem";
+    homepage = http://netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 23ffba7bdcf0..11658e22d907 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5448,6 +5448,8 @@ let
 
   libnfnetlink = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnfnetlink { };
 
+  libnftnl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnftnl { };
+
   libnih = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnih { };
 
   libnova = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnova { };