diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pmdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pmdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ceb49fc01538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pmdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoconf, libndctl, pkgconfig
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pmdk-${version}";
+  version = "1.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "pmem";
+    repo   = "pmdk";
+    rev    = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    sha256 = "11h9h5ifgaa5f6v9y77s5lmsj7k61qg52992s1361cmvl0ndgl9k";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libndctl ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ];
+
+  patchPhase = "patchShebangs utils";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    make install prefix=$out
+
+    mkdir -p $lib $dev $man/share
+    mv $out/share/man $man/share/man
+    mv $out/include $dev/include
+    mv $out/lib     $lib/lib
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Persistent Memory Development Kit";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/pmem/pmdk;
+    license     = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+    platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" ]; # aarch64 is experimental
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5403509a81aa..6f0d5603d4fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8877,6 +8877,8 @@ in
 
   pmd = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/pmd { };
 
+  pmdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/pmdk { };
+
   jdepend = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/jdepend { };
 
   fedpkg = pythonPackages.callPackage ../development/tools/fedpkg { };