diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcyaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcyaml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b316b6b63956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcyaml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub
+, libyaml
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libcyaml";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tlsa";
+    repo = "libcyaml";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0428p0rwq71nhh5nzcbapsbrjxa0x5l6h6ns32nxv7j624f0zd93";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libyaml ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "VARIANT=release" "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tlsa/libcyaml";
+    description = "C library for reading and writing YAML";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bfb986c25f8c..eb154c004272 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15664,6 +15664,8 @@ in
 
   libyamlcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libyaml-cpp { };
 
+  libcyaml = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcyaml { };
+
   rang = callPackage ../development/libraries/rang { };
 
   libyamlcpp_0_3 = pkgs.libyamlcpp.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {