diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwtk-sdl2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwtk-sdl2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00c8ae675e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwtk-sdl2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+, pkg-config
+, boost
+, SDL2
+, SDL2_ttf
+, SDL2_image
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libwtk-sdl2";
+  version = "unstable-2023-02-28";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "muesli4";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "0504f8342c8c97d0c8b43d33751427c564ad8d44";
+    sha256 = "sha256-NAjsDQ4/hklYRfa85uleOr50tmc6UJVo2xiDnEbmIxk=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    SDL2
+    SDL2_ttf
+    SDL2_image
+  ];
+  # From some reason, this is needed as otherwise SDL.h is not found
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${SDL2.dev}/include/SDL2";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "lib" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simplistic SDL2 GUI framework in early developement";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/muesli4/libwtk-sdl2";
+    # See: https://github.com/muesli4/mpd-touch-screen-gui/tree/master/LICENSES
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
+    /* Partial darwin build failure log (from ofborg):
+    geometry.cpp:95:34: error: no member named 'abs' in namespace 'std'
+       >     return { std::abs(v.w), std::abs(v.h) };
+       >                             ~~~~~^
+    */
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c248e821977..e347aecb4df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18427,6 +18427,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libwhich = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/libwhich { };
 
+  libwtk-sdl2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libwtk-sdl2 { };
+
   linuxkit = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/linuxkit {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) Virtualization;
   };