diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/5.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/5.2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8fb4515e70da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/proj/5.2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "proj-5.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-5.2.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0q3ydh2j8qhwlxmnac72pg69rw2znbi5b6k5wama8qmwzycr94gg";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = stdenv.is64bit;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cartographic Projections Library";
+    homepage = https://proj4.org;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vbgl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 258d56f36a0e..e5c66b544f3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12707,6 +12707,8 @@ in
 
   proj = callPackage ../development/libraries/proj { };
 
+  proj_5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/proj/5.2.nix { };
+
   proj-datumgrid = callPackage ../development/libraries/proj-datumgrid { };
 
   proselint = callPackage ../tools/text/proselint {