diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidxml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidxml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99f880916907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidxml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "rapidxml";
+  version = "1.13";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "0w9mbdgshr6sh6a5jr10lkdycjyvapbj7wxwz8hbp0a96y3biw63";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/include/${pname}
+    cp * $out/include/${pname}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Fast XML DOM-style parser in C++";
+    homepage = "http://rapidxml.sourceforge.net/";
+    license = licenses.boost;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpages ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aba7076d27fa..5906e3ff1a41 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12363,6 +12363,8 @@ in
 
   rapidjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/rapidjson {};
 
+  rapidxml = callPackage ../development/libraries/rapidxml {};
+
   raul = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/raul { };
 
   readline = readline6;