diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgssglue/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgssglue/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..612946f73ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgssglue/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, kerberos }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libgssglue-0.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0fh475kxzlabwz30wz3bf7i8kfqiqzhfahayx3jj79rba1sily9z";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed s:/etc/gssapi_mech.conf:$out/etc/gssapi_mech.conf: -i src/g_initialize.c
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/etc
+    cat <<EOF > $out/etc/gssapi_mech.conf
+    ${kerberos}/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so mechglue_internal_krb5_init
+    EOF
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/;
+    description = "Exports a gssapi interface which calls other random gssapi libraries";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ corngood ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3ff7b3d17013..6a93d534605f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9195,6 +9195,8 @@ with pkgs;
     monoSupport = false;
   };
 
+  libgssglue = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgssglue { };
+
   libgsystem = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgsystem { };
 
   libgudev = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgudev { };