diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnss_nis/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnss_nis/package.nix
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+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  libxcrypt,
+  libnsl,
+  libtirpc,
+  pkg-config,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libnss_nis";
+  version = "3.2";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libxcrypt
+    libnsl
+    libtirpc
+  ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "thkukuk";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-dt5wL+v98Heg6395BOwNssXLXmoOKFnRXGqlOknYYPs=";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "NSS module for glibc, to provide NIS support for glibc.";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis/blob/master/NEWS";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/thkukuk/libnss_nis";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ BarrOff ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}