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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libpfm/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/libpfm/default.nix
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+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+  version = "4.11.0";
+  pname = "libpfm";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/perfmon2/libpfm4/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1k7yp6xfsglp2b6271r622sjinlbys0dk24n9iiv656y5f3zi9ax";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
+    "LDCONFIG=true"
+    "ARCH=${stdenv.hostPlatform.uname.processor}"
+    "SYS=${stdenv.hostPlatform.uname.system}"
+  ];
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Helper library to program the performance monitoring events";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This package provides a library, called libpfm4 which is used to
+      develop monitoring tools exploiting the performance monitoring
+      events such as those provided by the Performance Monitoring Unit
+      (PMU) of modern processors.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.pierron ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+} // lib.optionalAttrs ( ! enableShared )
+{
+  CONFIG_PFMLIB_SHARED = "n";
+}
+)