diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/git2-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/git2-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aae958518661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/git2-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "git2-cpp";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ken-matsui";
+    repo = "git2-cpp";
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-2jKSQW6dUCIKtl33paSTuZdYAaYdFnILx/Gxv/ghFiI=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ken-matsui/git2-cpp";
+    description = "libgit2 bindings for C++";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ken-matsui ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
+# TODO [ ken-matsui ]: tests
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ddd1d648ecbb..9395fc2dd6b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17301,6 +17301,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gi-docgen = callPackage ../development/tools/documentation/gi-docgen { };
 
+  git2-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2-cpp { };
+
   github-release = callPackage ../development/tools/github/github-release { };
 
   global = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/global { };