diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppcodec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppcodec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3ead22f6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppcodec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "cppcodec";
+  version = "0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tplgy";
+    repo = finalAttrs.pname;
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-k4EACtDOSkTXezTeFtVdM1EVJjvGga/IQSrvDzhyaXw=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Header-only C++11 library for encode/decode functions as in RFC 4648";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Header-only C++11 library to encode/decode base64, base64url, base32,
+      base32hex and hex (a.k.a. base16) as specified in RFC 4648, plus
+      Crockford's base32.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tplgy/cppcodec";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ panicgh raitobezarius ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75ed2c967d6..d1677eb8124 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19603,6 +19603,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cppcms = callPackage ../development/libraries/cppcms { };
 
+  cppcodec = callPackage ../development/libraries/cppcodec { };
+
   cppunit = callPackage ../development/libraries/cppunit { };
 
   cpputest = callPackage ../development/libraries/cpputest { };