diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/leatherman/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/leatherman/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60205d7a856b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/leatherman/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, boost, cmake, curl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "leatherman-${version}";
+  version = "0.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    sha256 = "07bgv99lzzhxy4l7mdyassxqy33zv7arvfw63bymsqavppphqlrr";
+    rev = version;
+    repo = "leatherman";
+    owner = "puppetlabs";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost cmake curl ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/puppetlabs/leatherman/;  
+    description = "A collection of C++ and CMake utility libraries";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.womfoo ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 088e27c8e8f0..feefb61dfe86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2195,6 +2195,8 @@ in
 
   leafpad = callPackage ../applications/editors/leafpad { };
 
+  leatherman = callPackage ../development/libraries/leatherman {};
+
   leela = callPackage ../tools/graphics/leela { };
 
   lftp = callPackage ../tools/networking/lftp { };