diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppzmq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppzmq/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7b70615d932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppzmq/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cppzmq";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq";
+    rev = "1f05e0d111197c64be32ad5aecd59f4d1b05a819";
+    sha256 = "3a3507fd5646f191088e7a0a7a09846da54b0cac0fcb08f7c4c8d510b484e6da";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm644 zmq.hpp $out/include/zmq.hpp
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    description = "C++ binding for 0MQ";
+    maintainers = maintainers.abbradar;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3c95d0858b20..bafab9d8dafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7089,6 +7089,8 @@ let
   zeromq3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/zeromq/3.x.nix {};
   zeromq4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix {};
 
+  cppzmq = callPackage ../development/libraries/cppzmq {};
+
   zziplib = callPackage ../development/libraries/zziplib { };
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / AGDA