diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/goocanvas/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/goocanvas/2.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..026f58079f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/goocanvas/2.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gettext, gtk-doc, gobjectIntrospection, python2, gtk3, cairo, glib }:
+
+let
+  version = "2.0.4";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "goocanvas-${version}";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/goocanvas/2.0/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "141fm7mbqib0011zmkv3g8vxcjwa7hypmq71ahdyhnj2sjvy4a67";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gettext gtk-doc python2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 cairo glib ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-python"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Canvas widget for GTK+ based on the the Cairo 2D library";
+    homepage = https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GooCanvas;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b024a6b476ad..da8f9bbb1224 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8940,6 +8940,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
 
   goocanvas = callPackage ../development/libraries/goocanvas { };
+  goocanvas2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/goocanvas/2.x.nix { };
 
   google-gflags = callPackage ../development/libraries/google-gflags { };