diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f532ae8e0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gbenchmark/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gbenchmark-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "google";
+    repo = "benchmark";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1y7k73kyxx1jlph23csnhdac76px6ghhwwxbcf0133m4rg0wmpn5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A microbenchmark support library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/google/benchmark";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 81af1cc29159..6e782cd3cdde 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@ in
 
   gtest = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtest {};
   gmock = callPackage ../development/libraries/gmock {};
+  gbenchmark = callPackage ../development/libraries/gbenchmark {};
 
   gtkdatabox = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkdatabox {};