diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f77e9a313775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libressl-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "16pwgmj90k10pf03il39lnck5kqw59hj0fp2qhmgsgmrvssn6m1z";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Free TLS/SSL implementation";
+    homepage    = "http://www.libressl.org";
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 54c41338b772..914586baeb13 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5870,6 +5870,8 @@ let
 
   openspades = callPackage ../games/openspades {};
 
+  libressl = callPackage ../development/libraries/libressl { };
+
   openssl = callPackage ../development/libraries/openssl {
     fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
     cryptodevHeaders = linuxPackages.cryptodev.override {