diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openbabel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openbabel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10c8dcf0a684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openbabel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+	name = "openbabel-2.1.1";
+	src = fetchurl { 
+		url = mirror://sf/openbabel/openbabel-2.1.1.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "1rgvci796a7bmc49ih26ma7c248d32w6drs3cwljpjk0dllsqdif";
+	};
+# TODO : perl & python bindings;
+# TODO : wxGTK: I have no time to compile
+# TODO : separate lib and apps
+	buildInputs = [zlib libxml2];
+	configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d6f970051b5a..37ff5ba0bdbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2117,6 +2117,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv alsaLib autoconf automake libtool;
   };
 
+  openbabel = import ../development/libraries/openbabel {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib libxml2;
+  };
+
   openexr = import ../development/libraries/openexr {
 	  inherit fetchurl stdenv ilmbase zlib pkgconfig;
   };