diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ananicy-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ananicy-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25bcaec1326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ananicy-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, gcc11Stdenv
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, makeWrapper
+, cmake
+, spdlog
+, nlohmann_json
+, systemd
+}:
+
+gcc11Stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "ananicy-cpp";
+  version = "unstable-2021-10-13";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "ananicy-cpp";
+    repo = "ananicy-cpp";
+    rev = "6a14fe7353221c89347eddbbcafb35cf5fee4758";
+    sha256 = "sha256-V0QPXC17ZD2c4MK3DAkzoPgKOU5V5BjfQKUk7I6f8WM=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    spdlog
+    nlohmann_json
+    systemd
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DUSE_EXTERNAL_JSON=yON"
+    "-DUSE_EXTERNAL_SPDLOG=ON"
+    "-DUSE_EXTERNAL_FMTLIB=ON"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/ananicy-cpp/ananicy-cpp";
+    description = "Rewrite of ananicy in c++ for lower cpu and memory usage";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ artturin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d7ca799dc2e..abb72c996b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22746,6 +22746,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ananicy = callPackage ../misc/ananicy { };
 
+  ananicy-cpp = callPackage ../misc/ananicy-cpp { };
+
   andagii = callPackage ../data/fonts/andagii { };
 
   andika = callPackage ../data/fonts/andika { };