diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/unittest-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/unittest-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0ce2ab224e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/unittest-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "unittest-cpp-${version}";
+  version = "1.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "unittest-cpp";
+    repo = "unittest-cpp";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1sva2bm90z4vmwwvp0af82f7p4sdq5j2jjqzhs2ppihdkggn62d1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [cmake];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/unittest-cpp/unittest-cpp";
+    description = "Lightweight unit testing framework for C++";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [maintainers.tohl];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7ae66d0a1640..315f9eb49fc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3469,6 +3469,8 @@ let
 
   units = callPackage ../tools/misc/units { };
 
+  unittest-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/unittest-cpp { };
+
   unrar = callPackage ../tools/archivers/unrar { };
 
   xar = callPackage ../tools/compression/xar { };