diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pybind11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pybind11/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7bca0de2498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pybind11/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pybind-${version}";
+  version = "2.2.2";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pybind";
+    repo = "pybind11";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0x71i1n5d02hjbdcnkscrwxs9pb8kplmdpqddhsimabfp84fip48";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  # disable tests as some tests (test_embed/test_interpreter) are failing at the moment
+  cmakeFlags = [
+     "-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${python.interpreter}"
+     "-DPYBIND11_TEST=0"
+  ];
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11;
+    description = "Seamless operability between C++11 and Python";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Pybind11 is a lightweight header-only library that exposes
+      C++ types in Python and vice versa, mainly to create Python
+      bindings of existing C++ code.
+    '';
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; unix;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ yuriaisaka ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8c3960513387..a1f806f8af80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11421,6 +11421,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pugixml = callPackage ../development/libraries/pugixml { };
 
+  pybind11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/pybind11 { };
+
   re2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/re2 { };
 
   qbs = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/qbs { };