diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnbd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnbd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ad0435a84e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnbd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, bash-completion
+, pkg-config
+, perl
+, libxml2
+, fuse
+, gnutls
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libnbd";
+  version = "1.7.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.libguestfs.org/libnbd/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}-development/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-+xC4wDEeWi3RteF04C/qjMmjM+lmhtrtXZZyM1UUli4=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    bash-completion
+    pkg-config
+    perl
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    fuse
+    gnutls
+    libxml2
+  ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "bashcompdir=$(out)/share/bash-completion/completions" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/nbdkit/libnbd";
+    description = "Network Block Device client library in userspace";
+    longDescription = ''
+      NBD — Network Block Device — is a protocol for accessing Block Devices
+      (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network.  This is the NBD client
+      library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients.
+
+      The key features are:
+      - Synchronous API for ease of use.
+      - Asynchronous API for writing non-blocking, multithreaded clients. You
+        can mix both APIs freely.
+      - High performance.
+      - Minimal dependencies for the basic library.
+      - Well-documented, stable API.
+      - Bindings in several programming languages.
+      - Shell (nbdsh) for command line and scripting.
+    '';
+    license = with licenses; lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
+# TODO: NBD URI support apparently is not enabled
+# TODO: package the 1.6-stable version too
+# TODO: git version needs ocaml
+# TODO: bindings for go, ocaml and python
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e42ed1a0a005..fdc4262a4864 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2558,6 +2558,8 @@ in
 
   lief = callPackage ../development/libraries/lief {};
 
+  libnbd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnbd { };
+
   libndtypes = callPackage ../development/libraries/libndtypes { };
 
   libxnd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxnd { };