diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-jwt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-jwt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2c24238b150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-jwt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, openssl, gtest, nlohmann_json }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cpp-jwt";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "arun11299";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-5hVsFanTCT/uLLXrnb2kMvmL6qs9RXVkvxdWaT6m4mk=";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DCPP_JWT_USE_VENDORED_NLOHMANN_JSON=OFF"
+    "-DCPP_JWT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake gtest ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl nlohmann_json ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "JSON Web Token library for C++";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/arun11299/cpp-jwt";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 825af969b790..a961a15894ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18768,6 +18768,8 @@ with pkgs;
     boost = boost169; # fatal error: 'boost/asio/stream_socket_service.hpp' file not found
   };
 
+  cpp-jwt = callPackage ../development/libraries/cpp-jwt { };
+
   ubus = callPackage ../development/libraries/ubus { };
 
   uci = callPackage ../development/libraries/uci { };