diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libportal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libportal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f31115f50f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libportal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkgconfig
+, gtk-doc
+, docbook-xsl-nons
+, docbook_xml_dtd_45
+, glib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libportal";
+  version = "0.3";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "flatpak";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1s3g17zbbmq3m5jfs62fl94p4irln9hfhpybj7jb05z0p1939rk3";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Fix build and .pc file
+    # https://github.com/flatpak/libportal/pull/20
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/flatpak/libportal/commit/7828be4ec8f05f8de7b129a1e35b5039d8baaee3.patch";
+      sha256 = "04nadcxx69mbnzljwjrzm88cgapn14x3mghpkhr8b9yrjn7yj86h";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/flatpak/libportal/commit/bf5de2f6fefec65f701b4ec8712b48b29a33fb71.patch";
+      sha256 = "1v0b09diq49c01j5gg2bpvn5f5gfw1a5nm1l8grc4qg4z9jck1z8";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkgconfig
+    gtk-doc
+    docbook-xsl-nons
+    docbook_xml_dtd_45
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    glib
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Flatpak portal library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/flatpak/libportal";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6bfeaf0acf20..0ab42ce4ce0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4811,6 +4811,8 @@ in
 
   libpointmatcher = callPackage ../development/libraries/libpointmatcher { };
 
+  libportal = callPackage ../development/libraries/libportal { };
+
   libmicrodns = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmicrodns { };
 
   libnids = callPackage ../tools/networking/libnids { };