diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b712d426304a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python, cunit, dpdk, libaio, libuuid, numactl, openssl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "spdk-${version}";
+  version = "18.04";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "spdk";
+    repo = "spdk";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "07i13jkf63h5ld9djksxl445v1mj6m5cbq4xydix9y5qcxwlss3n";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ cunit dpdk libaio libuuid numactl openssl ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-dpdk=${dpdk}" ];
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-mssse3" ]; # Necessary to compile.
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Set of libraries for fast user-mode storage";
+    homepage = http://www.spdk.io;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms =  [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5e5e294064c12b..3acb4e4f7294cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11632,6 +11632,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   spatialite_tools = callPackage ../development/libraries/spatialite-tools { };
 
+  spdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/spdk { };
+
   speechd = callPackage ../development/libraries/speechd { };
 
   speech-tools = callPackage ../development/libraries/speech-tools {};