diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/msgpack-cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/msgpack-cxx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ec05b581c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/msgpack-cxx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, boost
+, zlib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "msgpack-cxx";
+  version = "6.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "msgpack";
+    repo = "msgpack-c";
+    rev = "refs/tags/cpp-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-p0eLd0fHhsgnRomubYadumMNiC2itdePJC9B55m49LI=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DMSGPACK_BUILD_DOCS=OFF" # docs are not installed even if built
+  ] ++ lib.optional doCheck "-DMSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS=ON";
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "MessagePack implementation for C++";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.boost;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 79009fea5a52..d5d0cb804a02 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23307,6 +23307,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   msgpack-c = callPackage ../development/libraries/msgpack-c { };
 
+  msgpack-cxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/msgpack-cxx { };
+
   msoffcrypto-tool = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication msoffcrypto-tool;
 
   msilbc = callPackage ../development/libraries/msilbc { };