diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cassandra-cpp-driver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cassandra-cpp-driver/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac2fac820ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cassandra-cpp-driver/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib, stdenv,
+  cmake, zlib, libuv, openssl,
+  examples ? false
+}: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "cassandra-cpp-driver";
+    version = "2.16.2";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "datastax";
+      repo = "cpp-driver";
+      rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+      sha256 = "sha256-NAvaRLhEvFjSmXcyM039wLC6IfLws2rkeRpbE5eL/rQ=";
+    };
+
+    LIBUV_ROOT_DIR = "${libuv}/";
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+    buildInputs = [ zlib libuv openssl.dev ];
+
+    cmakeFlags = lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList
+      (name: value: "-DCASS_BUILD_${name}:BOOL=${if value then "ON" else "OFF"}") {
+        EXAMPLES = examples;
+      };
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "DataStax CPP cassandra driver";
+      longDescription = ''
+        A modern, feature-rich and highly tunable C/C++ client
+        library for Apache Cassandra 2.1+ using exclusively Cassandra’s
+        binary protocol and Cassandra Query Language v3.
+      '';
+      license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+      platforms = platforms.x86_64;
+      homepage = "https://docs.datastax.com/en/developer/cpp-driver/";
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e151dbeffa2d..199ef5fd8e50 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21609,6 +21609,8 @@ with pkgs;
   };
   cassandra = cassandra_3_11;
 
+  cassandra-cpp-driver = callPackage ../development/libraries/cassandra-cpp-driver/default.nix { };
+
   apache-jena = callPackage ../servers/nosql/apache-jena/binary.nix {
     java = jre;
   };