diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcbor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcbor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe2f0eadeeb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcbor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, cmocka }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libcbor";
+  version = "2019-02-23";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PJK";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "87f977e732ca216682a8583a0e43803eb6b9c028";
+    sha256 = "17p1ahdcpf5d4r472lhciscaqjq4pyxy9xjhqqx8mv646xmyripm";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  checkInputs = [ cmocka ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # needs "-DWITH_TESTS=ON", but fails w/compilation error
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-fno-lto" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "CBOR protocol implementation for C and others";
+    homepage = https://github.com/PJK/libcbor;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 396cd0386b9a..5d4caf5b9f77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11077,6 +11077,8 @@ in
     then pkgs.libcanberra
     else pkgs.libcanberra-gtk2;
 
+  libcbor = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcbor { };
+
   libcec = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcec { };
   libcec_platform = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcec/platform.nix { };