diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libgeneral/configure-version.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgeneral/configure-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7392dc586b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgeneral/configure-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index c214ccd..ab0cdd7 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+-AC_INIT([libgeneral], m4_esyscmd([git rev-list --count HEAD | tr -d '\n']), [tihmstar@gmail.com])
++AC_INIT([libgeneral], [tihmstar@gmail.com])
+ 
+ AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
+ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+ 
+-AC_DEFINE([VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT], "m4_esyscmd([git rev-list --count HEAD | tr -d '\n'])", [Git commit count])
+-AC_DEFINE([VERSION_COMMIT_SHA], "m4_esyscmd([git rev-parse HEAD | tr -d '\n'])", [Git commit sha])
+-AC_SUBST([VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT], ["m4_esyscmd([git rev-list --count HEAD | tr -d '\n'])"])
+-AC_SUBST([VERSION_COMMIT_SHA], ["m4_esyscmd([git rev-parse HEAD | tr -d '\n'])"])
++AC_ARG_WITH([version-commit-count], [],
++  [VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT="$withval"])
++AC_DEFINE([VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT], ["$VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT"], [Git commit count])
++AC_SUBST([VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT], ["$VERSION_COMMIT_COUNT"])
+ 
+ # Checks for programs.
+ AC_PROG_CXX([clang++])
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libgeneral/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgeneral/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5327da9849df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libgeneral/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  clangStdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+  libimobiledevice,
+  libusb1,
+  avahi,
+}:
+clangStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "libgeneral";
+  version = "84";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tihmstar";
+    repo = "libgeneral";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-D6S7Ha7SQvWDGwiJuKh2Y9YOsw2ytxn70ia3llKC034=";
+  };
+
+  # Do not depend on git to calculate version, instead
+  # pass version via configureFlag
+  patches = [ ./configure-version.patch ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-version-commit-count=${finalAttrs.version}"
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Helper library used by usbmuxd2";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tihmstar/libgeneral";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ onny ];
+  };
+})