diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libesmtp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libesmtp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0ddd790049453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libesmtp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libESMTP-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://brianstafford.info/libesmtp/libesmtp-1.0.6.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "02zbniyz7qys1jmx3ghx21kxmns1wc3hmv80gp7ag7yra9f1m9nh";
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
index 397ba053841d7..c301bbc1a7c77 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/syslog-ng/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, libcap, curl, which
 , eventlog, pkgconfig, glib, python, systemd, perl
 , riemann_c_client, protobufc, pcre, libnet
-, json_c, libuuid, libivykis, mongoc, rabbitmq-c }:
+, json_c, libuuid, libivykis, mongoc, rabbitmq-c
+, libesmtp
+}:
 
 let
   pname = "syslog-ng";
@@ -36,12 +38,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libivykis
     mongoc
     rabbitmq-c
+    libesmtp
   ];
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-manpages"
     "--enable-dynamic-linking"
     "--enable-systemd"
+    "--enable-smtp"
     "--with-ivykis=system"
     "--with-librabbitmq-client=system"
     "--with-mongoc=system"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f5d8df8c2f83c..fc326c25da844 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7950,6 +7950,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   esdl = callPackage ../development/libraries/esdl { };
 
+  libesmtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libesmtp { };
+
   exiv2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/exiv2 { };
 
   expat = callPackage ../development/libraries/expat { };