diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxnd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxnd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c99c3f42bfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxnd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, libndtypes
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libxnd-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.0dev3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "plures";
+    repo = "xnd";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0byq7jspyr2wxrhihw4q7nf0y4sb6j5ax0ndd5dnq5dz88c7qqm2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libndtypes ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "XND_INCLUDE='-I${libndtypes}/include'"
+                     "XND_LINK='-L${libndtypes}/lib'" ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS='-shared'" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "General container that maps a wide range of Python values directly to memory";
+    homepage = https://xnd.io/;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b2b5ebbbb2e..51d0fc9dea92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1390,6 +1390,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libndtypes = callPackages ../development/libraries/libndtypes { };
 
+  libxnd = callPackages ../development/libraries/libxnd { };
+
   loadwatch = callPackage ../tools/system/loadwatch { };
 
   loccount = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/loccount { };