diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liblqr-1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblqr-1/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6323fcc84a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liblqr-1/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "liblqr-1-0.4.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/local--files/en:download-page/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "02g90wag7xi5rjlmwq8h0qs666b1i2sa90s4303hmym40il33nlz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
+  configureFlags = "--enable-install-man";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://liblqr.wikidot.com;
+    description = "Seam-carving C/C++ library called Liquid Rescaling";
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.urkud ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b4faa7873a44..8acd79fe2a0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4405,6 +4405,11 @@ let
     useGTK = getPkgConfig "libiodbc" "gtk" false;
   };
 
+  liblqr1 = makeOverridable (import ../development/libraries/liblqr-1) {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig;
+    inherit (gnome) glib;
+  };
+
   libnice = import ../development/libraries/libnice {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl pkgconfig;
     inherit (gnome) glib;