diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b69540d2b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspectre/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, ghostscript }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libspectre-0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0j75c84gqmfr6hbhiydri4msrxns8293lfxi7hkcnfa15v8qa0i0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    # Need `libgs.so'.
+    ghostscript
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/;
+    description = "libspectre, a PostScript rendering library";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      libspectre is a small library for rendering Postscript
+      documents.  It provides a convenient easy to use API for
+      handling and rendering Postscript documents.
+    '';
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3d5ab00bd861..13e64b7a0114 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2969,6 +2969,11 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv mkDerivationByConfiguration pkgconfig lib;
   };
 
+  libspectre = import ../development/libraries/libspectre {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    ghostscript = ghostscriptX;
+  };
+
   libgsf = import ../development/libraries/libgsf {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl perlXMLParser pkgconfig libxml2 gettext bzip2 python;
     inherit (gnome) glib gnomevfs libbonobo;