diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8313a66cc77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  cmake,
+  lib,
+  ninja,
+  stdenv,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "hello-cpp";
+  src = ./src;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
+  meta = {
+    description = "Basic sanity check that C++ and cmake infrastructure are working";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = stdenv.meta.maintainers or [];
+    mainProgram = "hello-cpp";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7bddfdefd0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+project(hello-cpp)
+
+add_executable(hello-cpp main.cpp)
+
+install(TARGETS hello-cpp)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/src/main.cpp b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c887e112046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello-cpp/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    std::cout << "Hello, C++\n";
+    return 0;
+}