diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/libhif/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/libhif/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..895165a1c1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/libhif/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake, libtool, expat, python, sphinx, gobjectIntrospection, librepo, check, rpm, libsolv, pcre, curl, gtk_doc, zlib, xz, elfutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  rev  = "87e4cb247f5982fd48636691a955cc566d3110a3";
+  name = "libhif-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit rev;
+    owner  = "rpm-software-management";
+    repo   = "libhif";
+    sha256 = "1g8hrqjawzwcx1gjcnv9sxg5i8l13dab3rr3i641k5vi76vv8miq";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    for file in python/hawkey/CMakeLists.txt python/hawkey/tests/module/CMakeLists.txt; do
+      substituteInPlace $file --replace ' ''${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}' " $out/${python.sitePackages}"
+    done
+
+    # Until https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libhif/issues/43 is implemented, let's not force users to have this path
+    substituteInPlace libhif/hif-keyring.c \
+      --replace '"/etc/pki/rpm-gpg"' 'getenv("LIBHIF_RPM_GPG_PATH_OVERRIDE") ? getenv("LIBHIF_RPM_GPG_PATH_OVERRIDE") : "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg"'
+ '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig pcre expat python sphinx gobjectIntrospection gtk_doc librepo check rpm curl ];
+
+  # ibhif/hif-packagedelta.h includes solv/pool.h
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libsolv ];
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 674d5839251b..768da42ca7ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7650,6 +7650,8 @@ in
 
   libharu = callPackage ../development/libraries/libharu { };
 
+  libhif = callPackage ../tools/package-management/libhif { sphinx = python27Packages.sphinx; };
+
   libHX = callPackage ../development/libraries/libHX { };
 
   libibmad = callPackage ../development/libraries/libibmad { };