diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinycompress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinycompress/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96b82bc696f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinycompress/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "tinycompress";
+  version = "1.2.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://alsa/tinycompress/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-L4l+URLNO8pnkLXOz9puBmLIvF7g+6uXKyR6DMYg1mw=";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "http://www.alsa-project.org/";
+    description = "a userspace library for anyone who wants to use the ALSA compressed APIs";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ k900 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 53f98f0a1ce..9687396f115 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12747,6 +12747,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tinycbor = callPackage ../development/libraries/tinycbor { };
 
+  tinycompress = callPackage ../development/libraries/tinycompress { };
+
   tinyfecvpn = callPackage ../tools/networking/tinyfecvpn { };
 
   tinygltf = callPackage ../development/libraries/tinygltf { };