diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libr3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libr3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1bee24771074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libr3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pcre
+, pkgconfig
+, check
+, autoreconfHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "r3";
+  version = "1.3.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "c9s";
+    repo = "r3";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "09cixbms817p6nb77wz3rxp0znnac8ybycvsrrzgwlbfn58a3zwl";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pcre check ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A high-performance path dispatching library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/c9s/r3;
+    license = [ stdenv.lib.licenses.mit ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 693e256d00dd..b9411049e940 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3995,6 +3995,8 @@ in
 
   liboauth = callPackage ../development/libraries/liboauth { };
 
+  libr3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libr3 { };
+
   libsidplayfp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsidplayfp { };
 
   libsrs2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsrs2 { };