diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectrum/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectrum/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c09a45abf594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectrum/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, pkgconfig, audiofile, bzip2, glib, libgcrypt, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libspectrum-1.4.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/fuse-emulator/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1cc0jx617sym6qj1f9fm115q44cq5azsxplqq2cgrg0pmlmjpyzx";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ audiofile bzip2 glib libgcrypt zlib ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/libspectrum.php;
+    description = "ZX Spectrum input and output support library";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e214e4dd2e68..4367b7e1a1b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12827,6 +12827,8 @@ in
 
   libsoup = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsoup { };
 
+  libspectrum = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspectrum { };
+
   libspiro = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspiro {};
 
   libssh = callPackage ../development/libraries/libssh { };