diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/0.3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/0.3.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b0acd83fc39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/0.3.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, boostHeaders}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libyaml-cpp-0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://yaml-cpp.googlecode.com/files/yaml-cpp-0.3.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "10kv25zgq96ybxc6c19lzpax1xi5lpxrdqa9x52nffsql6skil1c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake boostHeaders ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/yaml-cpp/;
+    description = "A YAML parser and emitter for C++";
+    license = "MIT";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09860522ef41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, boostHeaders}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libyaml-cpp-0.5.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://yaml-cpp.googlecode.com/files/yaml-cpp-0.5.1.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "01kg0h8ksp162kdhyzn67vnlxpj5zjbks84sh50pv61xni990z1y";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake boostHeaders ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/yaml-cpp/;
+    description = "A YAML parser and emitter for C++";
+    license = "MIT";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 48fc5f687218..8e0753ce5d38 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4993,6 +4993,9 @@ let
 
   libyaml = callPackage ../development/libraries/libyaml { };
 
+  libyamlcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libyaml-cpp { };
+  libyamlcpp03 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libyaml-cpp/0.3.x.nix { };
+
   libzip = callPackage ../development/libraries/libzip { };
 
   libzrtpcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libzrtpcpp { };