diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodbus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodbus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6a816ef96f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmodbus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libmodbus-3.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://libmodbus.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1dkijjv3dq0c5vc5z5f1awm8dlssbwg6ivsnvih22pkm1zqn6v84";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library to send/receive data according to the Modbus protocol";
+    homepage = http://libmodbus.org/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a9b8f9ef77a9..14a88d7b5641 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5144,6 +5144,8 @@ let
 
   libmhash = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmhash {};
 
+  libmodbus = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmodbus {};
+
   libmtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmtp { };
 
   libmsgpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmsgpack { };