diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libserialport/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libserialport/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c40812beeacc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libserialport/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, udev }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libserialport-0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://sigrok.org/download/source/libserialport/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1bqrldwrcsv6jbq3pmqczq27gdkrzpaxwplanqs25f6q9gb5p47c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig udev ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cross-platform shared library for serial port access";
+    homepage = http://sigrok.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    # Mac OS X, Windows and Android is also supported (according to upstream).
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 228c673251da..d57a28bd37a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5044,6 +5044,8 @@ let
 
   libsecret = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsecret { };
 
+  libserialport = callPackage ../development/libraries/libserialport { };
+
   libgtop = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgtop {};
 
   liblo = callPackage ../development/libraries/liblo { };