diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mimalloc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mimalloc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..728b41176766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mimalloc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake
+, secureBuild ? true
+}:
+
+let
+  soext = stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "mimalloc-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "microsoft";
+    repo   = "mimalloc";
+    rev    = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "04k2d3x84q2jfqdjxngy98hlw6czmigsqlf7gi3mhs6682n127r5";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  cmakeFlags = stdenv.lib.optional secureBuild [ "-DMI_SECURE=ON" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $dev
+    mv $out/lib/*/include $dev/include
+
+    rm -f $out/lib/libmimalloc*${soext} # weird duplicate
+
+    mv $out/lib/*/libmimalloc*${soext} $out/lib/libmimalloc${soext}
+    mv $out/lib/*/libmimalloc*.a       $out/lib/libmimalloc.a
+    mv $out/lib/*/mimalloc*.o          $out/lib/mimalloc.o
+
+    rm -rf $out/lib/mimalloc-*
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Compact, fast, general-purpose memory allocator";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc";
+    license     = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4b95d340af84..3fa376c45126 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12700,6 +12700,8 @@ in
 
   microsoft_gsl = callPackage ../development/libraries/microsoft_gsl { };
 
+  mimalloc = callPackage ../development/libraries/mimalloc { };
+
   minizip = callPackage ../development/libraries/minizip { };
 
   mkvtoolnix = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/mkvtoolnix { };