diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liboping/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboping/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b48b9c0585bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liboping/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses ? null, perl ? null }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "liboping-1.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://verplant.org/liboping/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1kvkpdcd5jinyc15cgir48v91qphpw22c03inydaga5m4yqv8jjz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses perl ];
+
+  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString (perl == null) "--with-perl-bindings=no";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "C library to generate ICMP echo requests (a.k.a. ping packets)";
+    longDescription = ''
+      liboping is a C library to generate ICMP echo requests, better known as
+      "ping packets". It is intended for use in network monitoring applications
+      or applications that would otherwise need to fork ping(1) frequently.
+      Included is a sample application, called oping, which demonstrates the
+      library's abilities.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://verplant.org/liboping/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 14a88d7b5641..7193ba090375 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5156,6 +5156,8 @@ let
 
   libnice = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnice { };
 
+  liboping = callPackage ../development/libraries/liboping { };
+
   libplist = callPackage ../development/libraries/libplist { };
 
   libQGLViewer = callPackage ../development/libraries/libqglviewer { };