diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/quickfix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/quickfix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e7300ee19c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/quickfix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "quickfix";
+  version = "1.15.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = pname;
+    repo = pname;
+    rev =  "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1fgpwgvyw992mbiawgza34427aakn5zrik3sjld0i924a9d17qwg";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Improved C++17 compatibility
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/quickfix/quickfix/commit/a46708090444826c5f46a5dbf2ba4b069b413c58.diff";
+      sha256 = "1wlk4j0wmck0zm6a70g3nrnq8fz0id7wnyxn81f7w048061ldhyd";
+    })
+    ./disableUnitTests.patch
+  ];
+
+  # autoreconfHook does not work
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./bootstrap
+  '';
+
+  # More hacking out of the unittests
+  preBuild = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace 'UnitTest++' ' '
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "QuickFIX C++ Fix Engine Library";
+    homepage = "http://www.quickfixengine.org";
+    license = licenses.free; # similar to BSD 4-clause
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bhipple ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/quickfix/disableUnitTests.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/quickfix/disableUnitTests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41a2f698e55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/quickfix/disableUnitTests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+diff -u -r source-baseline-patchPhase/configure.ac source/configure.ac
+--- source-baseline-patchPhase/configure.ac	1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000000 +0000
++++ source/configure.ac	2021-01-12 22:49:28.948861699 +0000
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
+ 
+ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+ 
+-build_no_unit_test = no
++build_no_unit_test = yes
+ 
+ # Detect the target system
+ case "${host_os}" in
+@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@
+     examples/Makefile
+     examples/executor/Makefile
+     examples/executor/C++/Makefile
+-    examples/ordermatch/Makefile
+-    examples/ordermatch/test/Makefile
+     examples/tradeclient/Makefile
+     examples/tradeclientgui/Makefile
+     examples/tradeclientgui/banzai/Makefile
+diff -u -r source-baseline-patchPhase/examples/Makefile.am source/examples/Makefile.am
+--- source-baseline-patchPhase/examples/Makefile.am	1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000000 +0000
++++ source/examples/Makefile.am	2021-01-12 22:51:55.782568550 +0000
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+-SUBDIRS = executor ordermatch tradeclient tradeclientgui
++SUBDIRS = executor tradeclient tradeclientgui
+ 
+-EXTRA_DIST = examples.dsw configure configure.in bootstrap Makefile.am
+\ No newline at end of file
++EXTRA_DIST = examples.dsw configure configure.in bootstrap Makefile.am
+diff -u -r source-baseline-patchPhase/src/Makefile.am source/src/Makefile.am
+--- source-baseline-patchPhase/src/Makefile.am	1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000000 +0000
++++ source/src/Makefile.am	2021-01-12 22:53:02.593432380 +0000
+@@ -15,27 +15,23 @@
+ if NO_UNIT_TEST
+ noinst_PROGRAMS =
+ else
+-noinst_PROGRAMS = at ut pt
++noinst_PROGRAMS = at pt
+ endif
+ 
+ at_SOURCES = at.cpp at_application.h
+-ut_SOURCES = ut.cpp
+ pt_SOURCES = pt.cpp
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = getopt.c getopt-repl.h
+ 
+ at_LDADD = C++/libquickfix.la
+-ut_LDADD = C++/test/libquickfixcpptest.la C++/libquickfix.la
+ pt_LDADD = C++/libquickfix.la
+ 
+ INCLUDES =-IC++ -IC++/test -I../UnitTest++/src
+-LDFLAGS =-L../UnitTest++ -lUnitTest++
++ 
+ 
+ all-local:
+-	rm -f ../test/ut ../test/pt ../test/at ../test/ut_debug
+-	ln -s ../src/ut ../test/ut
++	rm -rf ../test/pt ../test/at ../test/ut_debug
+ 	ln -s ../src/pt ../test/pt
+ 	ln -s ../src/at ../test/at
+-	ln -s ../src/.libs/ut ../test/ut_debug
+ 
+ clean-local:
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ce73a1477a73..f48a35a64134 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6795,6 +6795,8 @@ in
 
   qtikz = libsForQt514.callPackage ../applications/graphics/ktikz { };
 
+  quickfix = callPackage ../development/libraries/quickfix { };
+
   quickjs = callPackage ../development/interpreters/quickjs { };
 
   quickserve = callPackage ../tools/networking/quickserve { };