diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pocketsphinx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pocketsphinx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec26d7bb35c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pocketsphinx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, sphinxbase, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pocketsphinx-0.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/cmusphinx/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1nnw7p3inplsgx0dkvgllri2bfzry2dd7mc9q4l47p11z2jflvvv";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinxbase ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Voice recognition library written in C";
+    homepage = http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net;
+    license = "free-non-copyleft";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ba23268edb87..7ba8f90eb7e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4024,6 +4024,8 @@ let
 
   plib = callPackage ../development/libraries/plib { };
 
+  pocketsphinx = callPackage ../development/libraries/pocketsphinx { };
+
   podofo = callPackage ../development/libraries/podofo { };
 
   polkit = callPackage ../development/libraries/polkit { };