diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libirc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libirc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..368cd7e1d859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libirc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, qtbase }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libirc";
+  version = "unstable-2022-10-15";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "grumpy-irc";
+    repo = "libirc";
+    rev = "734082ffffb6d6744070c75587159d927342edea";
+    sha256 = "Qi/YKLlau0rdQ9XCMyreQdv4ctQWHFIoE3YlW6QnbSI=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DQT5_BUILD=1"
+    "-DQt5Core_DIR=${qtbase.dev}/lib/cmake/Qt5Core"
+    "-DQt5Network_DIR=${qtbase.dev}/lib/cmake/Qt5Network"
+  ];
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/libirc/libirc{,client}
+    cp ../libirc/*.h $out/libirc/libirc
+    cp ../libircclient/*.h $out/libirc/libircclient
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "C++ IRC library written in Qt with support for data serialization";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/grumpy-irc/libirc";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fee1-dead ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5760db7071a5..3a0d2c121076 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8787,6 +8787,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libipfix = callPackage ../development/libraries/libipfix { };
 
+  libirc = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/libraries/libirc { };
+
   libircclient = callPackage ../development/libraries/libircclient { };
 
   libiscsi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libiscsi { };