diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cre2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cre2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74619cbaaaed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cre2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook,
+  libtool, pkgconfig, re2, texinfo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cre2-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+    
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "marcomaggi";
+    repo = "cre2";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "12yrdad87jjqrhbqm02hzsayan2402vf61a9x1b2iabv6d1c1bnj";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    libtool
+    pkgconfig
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [ re2 texinfo ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lre2 -lpthread";
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-maintainer-mode"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://marcomaggi.github.io/docs/cre2.html;
+    description = "C Wrapper for RE2";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 37712723cd5b..c8541015746f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7199,6 +7199,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cracklib = callPackage ../development/libraries/cracklib { };
 
+  cre2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/cre2 { };
+
   cryptopp = callPackage ../development/libraries/crypto++ { };
 
   curlcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/curlcpp { };