diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/properties-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/properties-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06444e776703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/properties-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, gtest, doxygen
+, graphviz, lcov, writeText }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "properties-cpp";
+  version = "0.0.1";
+
+  src = let srcver = version+"+14.10.20140730"; in
+  fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/${pname}_${srcver}.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "08vjyv7ibn6jh2ikj5v48kjpr3n6hlkp9qlvdn8r0vpiwzah0m2w";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake gtest doxygen pkgconfig graphviz lcov ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i "/add_subdirectory(tests)/d" CMakeLists.txt
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://launchpad.net/properties-cpp;
+    description = "A very simple convenience library for handling properties and signals in C++11.";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aa6766052ad2..7c8f02a0f9a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19012,6 +19012,8 @@ in
     python = python3;
   } // (config.profanity or {}));
 
+  properties-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/properties-cpp { };
+
   protonmail-bridge = libsForQt511.callPackage ../applications/networking/protonmail-bridge { };
 
   psi = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/psi { };