diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opentracing-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opentracing-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c897421a5c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opentracing-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "opentracing-cpp";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "opentracing";
+    repo = "opentracing-cpp";
+    rev = "v1.5.0";
+    sha256 = "09hxj59vvz1ncbx4iblgfc3b5i74hvb3vx5245bwwwfkx5cnj1gg";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a43ccf0f929..27175da249c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4526,6 +4526,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   opae = callPackage ../development/libraries/opae { };
 
+  opentracing-cpp = callPackages ../development/libraries/opentracing-cpp { };
+
   openvswitch = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/openvswitch { };
 
   optipng = callPackage ../tools/graphics/optipng {