diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreeaptx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreeaptx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e30973f199e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreeaptx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libfreeaptx";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "iamthehorker";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-eEUhOrKqb2hHWanY+knpY9FBEnjkkFTB+x6BZgMBpbo=";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
+    # disable static builds
+    "ANAME="
+    "AOBJECTS="
+    "STATIC_UTILITIES="
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Free Implementation of Audio Processing Technology codec (aptX)";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/iamthehorker/libfreeaptx";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kranzes ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 204f3c8b6ef4..749aa8f5224c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16741,6 +16741,8 @@ in
 
   libffi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libffi { };
 
+  libfreeaptx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfreeaptx { };
+
   libfreefare = callPackage ../development/libraries/libfreefare {
     inherit (darwin) libobjc;
   };