diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangox-compat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangox-compat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8518083b4d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangox-compat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, pango, libX11 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pangox-compat-0.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/pangox-compat/0.0/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0ip0ziys6mrqqmz4n71ays0kf5cs1xflj1gfpvs4fgy2nsrr482m";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib pango libX11 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A compatibility library for pango>1.30.*";
+
+    homepage = http://www.pango.org/;
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7276bfeffb3d..72fe61ee5a74 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3953,6 +3953,8 @@ let
 
   pangomm = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangomm/2.28.x.nix { };
 
+  pangox_compat = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangox-compat { };
+
   gdk_pixbuf = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf { };
 
   gtk2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix { };