diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-utilities/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-utilities/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd16dea56b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cpp-utilities/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, cppunit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cpp-utilities";
+  version = "4.17.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Martchus";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "12088cwg3jbqipmbn4843w1cgxi1q6vwx47gy042rkfvbk6azhxl";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  checkInputs = [ cppunit ];
+  # Otherwise, tests fail since the resulting shared object libc++utilities.so is only available in PWD of the make files
+  checkFlagsArray = [ "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(PWD)" ];
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Martchus/cpp-utilities";
+    description = "Common C++ classes and routines used by @Martchus' applications featuring argument parser, IO and conversion utilities";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3943d02499cf..8da5ac0a08fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10168,6 +10168,8 @@ in
 
   cppdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/cppdb { };
 
+  cpp-utilities = callPackage ../development/libraries/cpp-utilities { };
+
   cpp-hocon = callPackage ../development/libraries/cpp-hocon { };
 
   cpp-ipfs-api = callPackage ../development/libraries/cpp-ipfs-api { };