diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsolv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsolv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a69403ded070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsolv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, zlib, expat, rpm, db }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  rev  = "0.6.20";
+  name = "libsolv-${rev}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit rev;
+    owner  = "openSUSE";
+    repo   = "libsolv";
+    sha256 = "1gammarbnjbbkw2vlgcj9ynp1kgi5nns6xcl6ab8b5i4zgq91v2p";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = "-DENABLE_RPMMD=true -DENABLE_RPMDB=true -DENABLE_PUBKEY=true -DENABLE_RPMDB_BYRPMHEADER=true";
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake zlib expat rpm db ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 659b02935f4c..35769de58738 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7734,6 +7734,8 @@ in
 
   libsieve = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsieve { };
 
+  libsolv = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsolv { };
+
   libspectre = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspectre { };
 
   libgsf = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgsf { };