diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaosd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaosd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e63bfd20c797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaosd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, cairo, pango,
+  libX11, libXcomposite, autoconf, automake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.2.7-9-g177589f";
+  name = "libaosd-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "atheme-legacy";
+    repo   = "libaosd";
+    rev    = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "1cn7k0n74p6jp25kxwcyblhmbdvgw3mikvj0m2jh4c6xccfrgb9a";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ cairo pango libX11 libXcomposite ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    longDescription = ''
+      libaosd is an advanced on screen display library.
+
+      It supports many modern features like anti-aliased text and
+      composited rendering via XComposite, as well as support for
+      rendering Cairo and Pango layouts.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/atheme-legacy/libaosd;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ unode ];
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f2b38e80b041..d87b913fb6ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10220,6 +10220,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudio CoreServices AudioUnit;
   };
 
+  libaosd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libaosd { };
+
   libabw = callPackage ../development/libraries/libabw { };
 
   libamqpcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libamqpcpp { };