diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidfuzz-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidfuzz-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e1ad8080fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidfuzz-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, catch2
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "rapidfuzz-cpp";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "maxbachmann";
+    repo = "rapidfuzz-cpp";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-331iW0nu5MlxuKNTgMkRSASnglxn+hEWBhRMnw0lY2Y=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = lib.optionals doCheck [
+    "-DRAPIDFUZZ_BUILD_TESTING=ON"
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    catch2
+  ];
+
+  # uses unreleased Catch2 version 3
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Rapid fuzzy string matching in C++ using the Levenshtein Distance";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz-cpp";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ab6b2a15ca24..a6b96320dab5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20210,6 +20210,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rapidcheck = callPackage ../development/libraries/rapidcheck {};
 
+  rapidfuzz-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/rapidfuzz-cpp { };
+
   rapidjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/rapidjson {};
 
   rapidxml = callPackage ../development/libraries/rapidxml {};