diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlx42/mlx42.pc b/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlx42/mlx42.pc
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index 00000000000..f0ca081cfed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlx42/mlx42.pc
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+prefix=@out@
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: mlx42
+Description: A simple cross-platform graphics library that uses GLFW and OpenGL
+Version: @version@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lmlx42
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlx42/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlx42/package.nix
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index 00000000000..0f7447ed8f3
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ml/mlx42/package.nix
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+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, cmake
+, glfw
+, darwin
+, enableShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
+, enableDebug ? false
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "mlx42";
+  version = "2.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "codam-coding-college";
+    repo = "MLX42";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-JCBV8NWibSugqXkbgP0v3gDfaaMNFYztWpBRfHJUG8E=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "add-cmake-install.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/codam-coding-college/MLX42/commit/a51ca8e0ec3fb793fa96d710696dcee8a4fe57d6.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-i+0yHZVvfTG19BGVrz7GuEuBw3B7lylCPEvx07il23M=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs ./tools
+  ''
+  + lib.optionalString enableShared ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+        --replace "mlx42 STATIC" "mlx42 SHARED"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glfw ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [ OpenGL Cocoa IOKit ]);
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DDEBUG=${toString enableDebug}" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
+    substituteAll ${./mlx42.pc} $out/lib/pkgconfig/mlx42.pc
+
+    # This file was removed after 2.3.2, so the used patch doesn't copy this file
+    # This line can be removed after the next release
+    cp $src/include/MLX42/MLX42_Input.h $out/include/MLX42
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple cross-platform graphics library that uses GLFW and OpenGL";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/codam-coding-college/MLX42";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tomasajt ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})