diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gflags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gflags/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d79b76913358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gflags/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation
+  { name = "gflags-2.2.1";
+    src = fetchurl
+      { url = "https://github.com/gflags/gflags/archive/v2.2.1.tar.gz";
+        sha256 = "03lxc2ah8i392kh1naq99iip34k4fpv22kwflyx3byd2ssycs9xf";
+      };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f58fb68dbd41..7f1653178fd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8519,6 +8519,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gettext = callPackage ../development/libraries/gettext { };
 
+  gflags = callPackage ../development/libraries/gflags { };
+
   gf2x = callPackage ../development/libraries/gf2x {};
 
   gd = callPackage ../development/libraries/gd {