diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/guile/g-wrap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/guile/g-wrap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01a1dbe72eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/guile/g-wrap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, guile, libffi, pkgconfig, glib
+, guileLib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "g-wrap-1.9.11";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://savannah/g-wrap/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1j8zchilsr0dziyr21az4x3xxyr4d3jc8nybag9rp6pjj8k49adn";
+  };
+
+  # Note: Glib support is optional, but it's quite useful (e.g., it's
+  # used by Guile-GNOME).  Guile-Library is needed by the test suite.
+  buildInputs = [ guile libffi pkgconfig glib guileLib ];
+
+  # GMP 4.2.2 uses GNU "extern inline".  With GCC 4.2 in C99 mode,
+  # this yields warnings such as:
+  #
+  #  gmp.h:1606: warning: C99 inline functions are not supported; using GNU89
+  #
+  # Since G-Wrap builds in C99 mode and with `-Werror', we need to
+  # pass it `-fgnu89-inline'.
+  CFLAGS = "-fgnu89-inline";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "G-Wrap, a wrapper generator for Guile";
+    longDescription = ''
+      G-Wrap is a tool (and Guile library) for generating function
+      wrappers for inter-language calls.  It currently only supports
+      generating Guile wrappers for C functions.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.nongnu.org/g-wrap/;
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7774384b32c0..6346e259bd94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2001,6 +2001,11 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv guile;
   };
 
+  gwrap = import ../development/tools/guile/g-wrap {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv guile libffi pkgconfig guileLib;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
+  };
+
   /*
   happy = import ../development/tools/parsing/happy {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl ghc;