diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48b10368aee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "yyjson";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ibireme";
+    repo = "yyjson";
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-Cz8K+cWuDpoMY6d+ecuOvXIMc4wtx15LLvxpFibkNyw=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "The fastest JSON library in C";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ federicoschonborn ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd1eabd27ac9..1a5dde7985f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25619,6 +25619,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   yubioath-flutter = callPackage ../applications/misc/yubioath-flutter { };
 
+  yyjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/yyjson { };
+
   zchunk = callPackage ../development/libraries/zchunk { };
 
   zeitgeist = callPackage ../development/libraries/zeitgeist { };