diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libzim-glib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libzim-glib/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  vala,
+  pkg-config,
+  gobject-introspection,
+  glib,
+  zimlib,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "libzim-glib";
+  version = "4.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "birros";
+    repo = "libzim-glib";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-C1f/ULTJIHvt/LCSRw3dsGAWUkb1i4xaCmW1+QBZd2c=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    vala
+    pkg-config
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    zimlib
+  ];
+
+  # requires downloading test sample of a specific zimlib version
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Partial GObject/C bindings for libzim";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/birros/libzim-glib";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aleksana ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})