diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/simdjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/simdjson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63ad97cbe2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/simdjson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "simdjson";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "simdjson";
+    repo = "simdjson";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "14gi2zq430nfjy424q6r57imc2gnz30nhx4r0wbajzp9qvna819w";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DSIMDJSON_JUST_LIBRARY=ON"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://simdjson.org/";
+    description = "Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chessai ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 923b725701f1..bcb3fd6b2483 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2577,6 +2577,8 @@ in
 
   shell-hist = callPackage ../tools/misc/shell-hist { };
 
+  simdjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/simdjson { };
+
   simg2img = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/simg2img { };
 
   simplenes = callPackage ../misc/emulators/simplenes { };