diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/termbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/termbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0898289978a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/termbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "termbox-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nsf";
+    repo = "termbox";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "08yqxzb8fny8806p7x8a6f3phhlbfqdd7dhkv25calswj7w1ssvs";
+  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
+  configurePhase = "python3 ./waf configure --prefix=$out";
+  buildPhase = "python3 ./waf build";
+  installPhase = "python3 ./waf install --destdir=$out";
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for writing text-based user interfaces";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nsf/termbox#readme";
+    downloadPage = "https://github.com/nsf/termbox/releases";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 88fe95c4196e..b373b03dceaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12364,6 +12364,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   telepathy-qt = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/qt { qtbase = qt4; };
 
+  termbox = callPackage ../development/libraries/termbox { };
+
   tevent = callPackage ../development/libraries/tevent {
     python = python2;
   };