diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tdlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tdlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..716f3d313b4225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tdlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub, gperf, openssl, readline, zlib, cmake, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.4.0";
+  pname = "tdlib";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tdlib";
+    repo = "td";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1ijyn14rjb87rqm39hg7md8ab33yiy8cgzw3p0m37scn58gabpp7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gperf openssl readline zlib ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cross-platform library for building Telegram clients";
+    homepage = "https://core.telegram.org/tdlib/";
+    license = [ licenses.boost ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vyorkin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 834dbc534e06e5..0ba909007c10a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13441,6 +13441,8 @@ in
 
   tdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/tdb {};
 
+  tdlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/tdlib { };
+
   tecla = callPackage ../development/libraries/tecla { };
 
   tectonic = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tectonic {