diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libxmlxx5/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libxmlxx5/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  pkg-config,
+  libxml2,
+  glibmm,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libxmlxx5";
+  version = "5.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml++/${version}/libxml++-${lib.versions.pad 3 version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-6aI8Q2aGqUaY0hOOa8uvhJEh1jv6D1DcNP77/XlWaEg=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    meson
+    ninja
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glibmm ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
+
+  doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ wrapper for the libxml2 XML parser library";
+    homepage = "https://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.normalcea ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}