diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibmm/2.30.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibmm/2.30.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3565a4e614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibmm/2.30.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl_gnome, pkgconfig, glib, libsigcxx, xz }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = src.pkgname;
+
+  src = fetchurl_gnome {
+    project = "glibmm";
+    major = "2"; minor = "30"; patchlevel = "0"; extension = "xz";
+    sha256 = "1d0dxq4iamch8igrnbvbfwkfpvcnjfzyr9iq2x8hi89b9k1kzbd7";
+  };
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [pkgconfig xz];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [glib libsigcxx];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ interface to the GLib library";
+
+    homepage = http://gtkmm.org/;
+
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [urkud raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 63e5670fe22..7512a9f25ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3578,6 +3578,8 @@ let
   gtkLibs3x = let callPackage = newScope pkgs.gtkLibs3x; in {
     glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/glib/2.30.x.nix { };
 
+    glibmm = callPackage ../development/libraries/glibmm/2.30.x.nix { };
+
     gdk_pixbuf = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/2.24.x.nix { };
 
     atk = callPackage ../development/libraries/atk/2.2.x.nix { };