diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/chemistry/libmsym/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/chemistry/libmsym/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c605f3e07d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/chemistry/libmsym/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake } :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libmsym";
+  version = "0.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub  {
+    owner = "mcodev31";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256= "k+OEwrA/saupP/wX6Ii5My0vffiJ0X9xMCTrliMSMik=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = " molecular point group symmetry lib";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-cpp";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sheepforce ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5ab47db86f9e..2fc5aa5764e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6813,6 +6813,8 @@ in
 
   libmesode = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmesode {};
 
+  libmsym = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/chemistry/libmsym { };
+
   libnabo = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnabo { };
 
   libngspice = callPackage ../development/libraries/libngspice { };