diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nng/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69fde25bb5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nng/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, ninja }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nng";
+  version = "1.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nanomsg";
+    repo = "nng";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qbjMLpPk5FxH710Mf8AIraY0mERbaxVVhTT94W0EV+k=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-G Ninja" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://nng.nanomsg.org/";
+    description = "Nanomsg next generation";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "nngcat";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e0c305eefd1f..d7e51dae0ca1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20503,6 +20503,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nlohmann_json = callPackage ../development/libraries/nlohmann_json { };
 
+  nng = callPackage ../development/libraries/nng { };
+
   nntp-proxy = callPackage ../applications/networking/nntp-proxy { };
 
   non = callPackage ../applications/audio/non { stdenv = gcc10StdenvCompat; };