diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vrpn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vrpn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3544e984077a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vrpn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, unzip, cmake, mesa }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "vrpn-07.30";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/packages/GRIP/vrpn/vrpn_07_30.zip";
+    sha256 = "1rysp08myv88q3a30dr7js7vg3hvq8zj2bjrpcgpp86fm3gjpvb4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip cmake mesa ];
+
+  doCheck = false;                                # FIXME: test failure
+  checkTarget = "test";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Virtual Reality Peripheral Network";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' The Virtual-Reality Peripheral Network (VRPN) is a set of classes
+         within a library and a set of servers that are designed to implement
+         a network-transparent interface between application programs and the
+         set of physical devices (tracker, etc.) used in a virtual-reality
+         (VR) system.
+      '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/vrpn/;
+
+    license = "BSL1.0"; # Boost Software License,
+                        # see # <http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/vrpn/obtaining_vrpn.html>
+
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2770464a4c6..fa38d84de828 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4770,6 +4770,8 @@ let
 
   vmime = callPackage ../development/libraries/vmime { };
 
+  vrpn = callPackage ../development/libraries/vrpn { };
+
   vtk = callPackage ../development/libraries/vtk { };
 
   vxl = callPackage ../development/libraries/vxl {