diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sphinxbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sphinxbase/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a02c11cba5ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sphinxbase/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sphinxbase-0.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/cmusphinx/sphinxbase/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1blra8igkqbqr7m2izbis1h3kkzblsqj9rkbw0f00025li8i1z55";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Support Library for Pocketsphinx";
+    homepage = http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net;
+    license = "free-non-copyleft";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a68a7a47be21..ba23268edb87 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4175,6 +4175,8 @@ let
 
   speex = callPackage ../development/libraries/speex { };
 
+  sphinxbase = callPackage ../development/libraries/sphinxbase { };
+
   srtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/srtp {};
 
   sqlite = callPackage ../development/libraries/sqlite {