diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c622cfe6656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "tbox";
+  version = "1.7.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tboox";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6SqMvwxKSiJO7Z33xx7cJoECu5AJ1gWF8ZsiERWx8DU=";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--hash=y"
+    "--charset=y"
+    "--float=y"
+    "--demo=n"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
+    substituteAll ${./libtbox.pc.in} $out/lib/pkgconfig/libtbox.pc
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A glib-like multi-platform c library";
+    homepage = "https://docs.tboox.org";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/libtbox.pc.in b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/libtbox.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19907b72c07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tbox/libtbox.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=@out@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=@out@/lib
+includedir=@out@/include
+
+Name: tbox
+Description: A glib-like multi-platform c library
+Version: @version@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -ltbox
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7c17a93b06da..4ecc4c9877ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16616,6 +16616,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tinyscheme = callPackage ../development/interpreters/tinyscheme { };
 
+  tbox = callPackage ../development/libraries/tbox { };
+
   inherit (nodePackages) typescript;
 
   bupc = callPackage ../development/compilers/bupc { };