diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e665cfdea6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, pkgconfig, libxml2, glibmm, perl }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libxml++-3.0.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/libxml++/3.0/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0lkrajbdys5f6w6qwfijih3hnbk4c6809qx2mmxkb7bj2w269wrg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glibmm perl ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "C++ wrapper for the libxml2 XML parser library, version 3";
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8fb51b69a7ec..78a273a0397a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8893,6 +8893,7 @@ in
   };
 
   libxmlxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmlxx { };
+  libxmlxx3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmlxx/v3.nix { };
 
   libxmp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmp { };