diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libprotoident/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libprotoident/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+  bison,
+  flex,
+  libtrace,
+  libflowmanager,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "libprotoident";
+  version = "2.0.15-2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LibtraceTeam";
+    repo = "libprotoident";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-XiZ/UqF11eeeGudNXJqtTfPn5xWvHPKPrgqV7iHii0M=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+    bison
+    flex
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libtrace
+    libflowmanager
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version-regex=^([0-9.-]+)$" ]; };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Network traffic classification library that requires minimal application payload";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/LibtraceTeam/libprotoident";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/LibtraceTeam/libprotoident/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ felbinger ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})