diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cmark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cmark/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be60c18353ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cmark/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.23.0";
+  name = "cmark-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/jgm/cmark/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "87d289965066fce7be247d44c0304af1b20817dcc1b563702302ae33f2be0596";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jgm/cmark;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.michelk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 25e65c43119e..9267b9fdff44 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ let
 
   buildMaven = callPackage ../build-support/build-maven.nix {};
 
+  cmark = callPackage ../development/libraries/cmark { };
+
   dotnetenv = callPackage ../build-support/dotnetenv {
     dotnetfx = dotnetfx40;
   };