diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3dca6a04af7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, curl }:
+
+let
+  name = "libjson-rpc-cpp";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "${name}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/cinemast/${name}/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1pc9nn4968qkda8vr4f9dijn2fcldm8i0ymwmql29h4cl5ghdnpw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake curl ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lpthread";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkPhase = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=out/ ctest";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ framework for json-rpc (json remote procedure call)";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bdef89202b7d..97b3e50b6995 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4829,6 +4829,8 @@ let
     libtool = libtool_1_5;
   };
 
+  libjson_rpc_cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjson-rpc-cpp { };
+
   libkate = callPackage ../development/libraries/libkate { };
 
   libksba = callPackage ../development/libraries/libksba { };