diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgtop/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgtop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f214c7acf73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgtop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, glib, pkgconfig, perl, intltool }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libgtop-2.28.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/libgtop/2.28/libgtop-2.28.4.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "1n71mg82k8m7p6kh06vgb1hk4y9cqwk1lva53pl7w9j02pyrqqdn";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib ];
+  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig perl intltool ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a32f22d14cfa..384768feef70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3978,6 +3978,8 @@ let
   libgnome_keyring = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgnome-keyring { };
   libgnome_keyring3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgnome-keyring/3.x.nix { };
 
+  libgtop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgtop {};
+
   liblo = callPackage ../development/libraries/liblo { };
 
   liblrdf = callPackage ../development/libraries/liblrdf {};