diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/libxslt-1.1.17.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/libxslt-1.1.17.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70596dd12a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/libxslt-1.1.17.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libxml2}:
+
+assert libxml2 != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libxslt-1.1.17";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxslt/libxslt-1.1.17.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "fde6a7a93c0eb14cba628692fa3a1000";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [libxml2];
+}