diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index cdc036823b44..a7313e8fdfae 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -8661,6 +8661,12 @@
     githubId = 7669898;
     name = "Katharina Fey";
   };
+  spease = {
+    email = "peasteven@gmail.com";
+    github = "spease";
+    githubId = 2825204;
+    name = "Steven Pease";
+  };
   spencerjanssen = {
     email = "spencerjanssen@gmail.com";
     github = "spencerjanssen";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ddbc845e3b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ cmake, fetchFromGitHub, icu, lib, pkg-config, stdenv, enableUnicodeHelp ? true }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cxxopts";
+  version = "2.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jarro2783";
+    repo = name;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0d3y747lsh1wkalc39nxd088rbypxigm991lk3j91zpn56whrpha";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optional enableUnicodeHelp [ icu.dev ];
+  cmakeFlags = lib.optional enableUnicodeHelp [ "-DCXXOPTS_USE_UNICODE_HELP=TRUE" ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ] ++ lib.optional enableUnicodeHelp [ pkg-config ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts";
+    description = "Lightweight C++ GNU-style option parser library";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.spease ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f2a30e283151..c67d1338c72c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13337,6 +13337,8 @@ in
 
   cxx-prettyprint = callPackage ../development/libraries/cxx-prettyprint { };
 
+  cxxopts = callPackage ../development/libraries/cxxopts { };
+
   cxxtest = python2Packages.callPackage ../development/libraries/cxxtest { };
 
   cypress = callPackage ../development/web/cypress { };