diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cairomm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairomm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a22788c288ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cairomm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cairomm-1.4.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://cairographics.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zd5pq5jd507w1v994awpsl7m26g4dfl0rwgrxig2823hl3rqmrp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [cairo x11 fontconfig freetype];
+
+  configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0c5bf3841327..ec7dbfe1ac16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1769,6 +1769,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig x11 fontconfig freetype zlib libpng;
   };
 
+  cairomm = import ../development/libraries/cairomm {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig cairo x11 fontconfig freetype;
+  };
+
   chmlib = import ../development/libraries/chmlib {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };