diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72981175c0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "networking-ts-cxx";
+  version = "2019-02-27";
+
+  # Used until https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/networking-ts-impl/issues/17 is
+  # resolved and we can generate in Nix.
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "chriskohlhoff";
+    repo = "networking-ts-impl";
+    rev = "c97570e7ceef436581be3c138868a19ad96e025b";
+    sha256 = "12b5lg989nn1b8v6x9fy3cxsf3hs5hr67bd1mfyh8pjikir7zv6j";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{include,lib/pkgconfig}
+    cp -r include $out/
+    substituteAll ${./networking_ts.pc.in} $out/lib/pkgconfig/networking_ts.pc
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Experimental implementation of the C++ Networking Technical Specification";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/networking-ts-impl";
+    license = licenses.boost;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bhipple ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx/networking_ts.pc.in b/pkgs/development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx/networking_ts.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d52f68f4c155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx/networking_ts.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+prefix=@out@
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: networking_ts
+Description: Experimental implementation of the C++ Networking Technical Specification
+URL: https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/networking-ts-impl
+Version: ${networking_ts_version}
+Cflags: -isystem${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aedbddf12697..3c21222262a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6283,6 +6283,8 @@ in
 
   netcdffortran = callPackage ../development/libraries/netcdf-fortran { };
 
+  networking-ts-cxx = callPackage ../development/libraries/networking-ts-cxx { };
+
   nco = callPackage ../development/libraries/nco { };
 
   ncftp = callPackage ../tools/networking/ncftp { };