diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_conntrack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_conntrack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99624911077d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnetfilter_conntrack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libnfnetlink, libmnl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_conntrack/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    md5 = "447114b5d61bb9a9617ead3217c3d3ff";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libnfnetlink libmnl ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "userspace library providing an API to the in-kernel connection tracking state table.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libnetfilter_conntrack is a userspace library providing a programming interface (API) to the
+      in-kernel connection tracking state table. The library libnetfilter_conntrack has been
+      previously known as libnfnetlink_conntrack and libctnetlink. This library is currently used
+      by conntrack-tools among many other applications
+    '';
+    homepage = http://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_conntrack/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4d781a7f957..8bbe6bc588d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4277,6 +4277,8 @@ let
 
   libmusicbrainz = libmusicbrainz3;
 
+  libnetfilter_conntrack = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnetfilter_conntrack { };
+
   libnfnetlink = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnfnetlink { };
 
   libnih = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnih { };