diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/expected-lite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/expected-lite/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6afe391e032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/expected-lite/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, ninja
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "expected-lite";
+  version = "0.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "martinmoene";
+    repo = "expected-lite";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-d3lFpi62QPZKVt/QeBV7MoH3QltSg5dsUI3dIUArPpA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = ''
+      Expected objects in C++11 and later in a single-file header-only library
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/martinmoene/expected-lite";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/martinmoene/expected-lite/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.txt";
+    license = licenses.boost;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ azahi ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 07556d6ce5f..b1fb1eab67c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6360,6 +6360,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   expect = callPackage ../tools/misc/expect { };
 
+  expected-lite = callPackage ../development/libraries/expected-lite { };
+
   exportarr = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/exportarr { };
 
   expliot = callPackage ../tools/security/expliot { };