diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbytes/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbytes/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5cb94ca957e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbytes/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  cmake,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  gtest,
+  nix-update-script,
+  stdenv,
+  testers,
+  validatePkgConfig,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "nbytes";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nodejs";
+    repo = "nbytes";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-lsd1Qrv1HEz/5ry10s7Pq7unoh3y9ZmwCaT+6nTlxkc=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Use `gtest` from Nixpkgs to allow an offline build
+    ./use-nix-googletest.patch
+    # Add support for pkgconfig for use as a shared lib
+    # TODO: remove when included in the next release
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/nodejs/nbytes/commit/00f48a0620cef800054d4aab061f09d89990a1b9.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-uOPEI70Dq446K56BSFHVyxDHNaYY5OASu3QeWGCLQmI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    validatePkgConfig
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gtest
+  ];
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+    tests.pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
+      package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library of byte handling functions extracted from Node.js core";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nodejs/nbytes";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nodejs/nbytes/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aduh95 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    pkgConfigModules = [ "nbytes" ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbytes/use-nix-googletest.patch b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbytes/use-nix-googletest.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..859aa81603bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nb/nbytes/use-nix-googletest.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index f2efa3c..3f363dd 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -11,15 +11,9 @@ endif()
+ option(NBYTES_DEVELOPMENT_CHECKS "Enable development checks" OFF)
+ 
+ include(GNUInstallDirs)
+-include(FetchContent)
+ 
+-FetchContent_Declare(
+-  googletest
+-  URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/03597a01ee50ed33e9dfd640b249b4be3799d395.zip
+-)
+-# For Windows: Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings
+-set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
++# Use find_package to use the gtest package provided by Nix
++find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+ 
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ enable_testing()