diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/stellarsolver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/stellarsolver/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69417299615b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/stellarsolver/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, mkDerivation, fetchFromGitHub, cmake,
+  qtbase, cfitsio, gsl, wcslib, withTester ? false }:
+
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "stellarsolver";
+  version = "1.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rlancaste";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "12j20j9qbkkx55ix4nm1iw7wd36hamkpidbwhcnmj4yk5fqlyq4y";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase cfitsio gsl wcslib ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_TESTER=${if withTester then "on" else "off"}"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rlancaste/stellarsolver";
+    description = "Astrometric plate solving library";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hjones2199 ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 65ac1da50306..5a085a5c7eb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27470,6 +27470,8 @@ in
 
   stellarium = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/astronomy/stellarium { };
 
+  stellarsolver = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/stellarsolver { };
+
   astrolabe-generator = callPackage ../applications/science/astronomy/astrolabe-generator { };
 
   tulip = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/tulip {