diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libieee1284/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libieee1284/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5708a83a7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libieee1284/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libieee1284";
+  version = "0.2.11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "twaugh";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "V${builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version}";
+    sha256 = "0wfv1prmhhpyll9l4g1ij3im7hk9mm96ydw3l9fvhjp3993cdn2x";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf
+    automake
+    libtool
+    xmlto
+    docbook_xml_dtd_412
+    docbook_xsl
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--without-python"
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./bootstrap
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Parallel port communication library";
+    homepage = "http://cyberelk.net/tim/software/libieee1284/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82317127dacb..c23c7dbb6270 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12608,6 +12608,8 @@ in
 
   libicns = callPackage ../development/libraries/libicns { };
 
+  libieee1284 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libieee1284 { };
+
   libimobiledevice = callPackage ../development/libraries/libimobiledevice { };
 
   libindicator-gtk2 = libindicator.override { gtkVersion = "2"; };