diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib-ng/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ba07cd92407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib-ng/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake, pkg-config
+, withZlibCompat ? false
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "zlib-ng";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "zlib-ng";
+    repo = "zlib-ng";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1cl6asrav2512j7p02zcpibywjljws0m7aazvb3q2r9qiyvyswji";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "bin" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/"
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    "-DINSTALL_UTILS=ON"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withZlibCompat [ "-DZLIB_COMPAT=ON" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "zlib data compression library for the next generation systems";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng";
+    license     = licenses.zlib;
+    platforms   = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ izorkin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3c474c2bee8..fae0a4958941 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17783,6 +17783,8 @@ in
 
   zlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/zlib { };
 
+  zlib-ng = callPackage ../development/libraries/zlib-ng { };
+
   libdynd = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdynd { };
 
   zlog = callPackage ../development/libraries/zlog { };