diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fc507daf641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libinotify-kqueue-${version}";
+  version = "20180201";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0dkh6n0ghhcl7cjkjmpin118h7al6i4vlkmw57vip5f6ngr6q3pl";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkFlags = [ "test" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Inotify shim for macOS and BSD";
+    homepage = https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ yegortimoshenko ];
+    platforms = with platforms; darwin ++ freebsd ++ netbsd ++ openbsd;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6e656635d042..a3277868503a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10371,6 +10371,8 @@ with pkgs;
   libindicator-gtk3 = libindicator.override { gtkVersion = "3"; };
   libindicator = callPackage ../development/libraries/libindicator { };
 
+  libinotify-kqueue = callPackage ../development/libraries/libinotify-kqueue { };
+
   libiodbc = callPackage ../development/libraries/libiodbc {
     useGTK = config.libiodbc.gtk or false;
   };