diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d421a65e23d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname    = "nifticlib";
+  pversion = "2.0.0";
+  name  = "${pname}-${pversion}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/niftilib/${pname}/${pname}_2_0_0/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "a3e988e6a32ec57833056f6b09f940c69e79829028da121ff2c5c6f7f94a7f88";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  checkPhase = "ctest";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/niftilib;
+    description = "Medical imaging format C API";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60a3bc8394df..8d7358f51de5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9761,6 +9761,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ndpi = callPackage ../development/libraries/ndpi { };
 
+  nifticlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/biology/nifticlib { };
+
   notify-sharp = callPackage ../development/libraries/notify-sharp { };
 
   ncurses5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ncurses { abiVersion = "5"; };