diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd92f7666abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/libgovirt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, glib
+, librest
+, libsoup
+, pkg-config
+}:
+
+with lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libgovirt";
+  version = "0.3.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libgovirt/0.3/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-HckYYikXa9+p8l/Y+oLAoFi2pgwcyAfHUH7IqTwPHfg=";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    librest
+    libsoup
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgovirt";
+    description = "GObject wrapper for the oVirt REST API";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.amarshall ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ccfe828dbc82..0ea5339ebc2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7052,6 +7052,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libcsptr = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcsptr { };
 
+  libgovirt = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/libgovirt { };
+
   libscrypt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libscrypt { };
 
   libcloudproviders = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcloudproviders { };