diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jcal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jcal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfb0003cc98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jcal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook
+, readline
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "jcal";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fzerorubigd";
+    repo = "jcal";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0m3g3rf0ycv2dsfn9y2472fa3r0yla8pfqk6gq00nrscsc3pp4zf";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ readline ];
+
+  preAutoreconf = "cd sources/";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Jalali calendar is a small and portable free software library to manipulate date and time in Jalali calendar system.";
+    homepage =  http://nongnu.org/jcal/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.linarcx ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18755f7db7a6..b68f417092ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10529,6 +10529,8 @@ in
 
   jbig2dec = callPackage ../development/libraries/jbig2dec { };
 
+  jcal = callPackage ../development/libraries/jcal { };
+
   jbigkit = callPackage ../development/libraries/jbigkit { };
 
   jemalloc = callPackage ../development/libraries/jemalloc { };