diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b537c046db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, orcania, systemd, check, subunit }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "yder";
+  version = "1.4.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "babelouest";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0j46v93vn130gjcr704rkdiibbk3ampzsqb6xdcrn4x115gwyf5i";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # We set CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR to the absolute path in $out, so
+    # prefix and exec_prefix cannot be $out, too
+    ./fix-pkgconfig.patch
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ orcania ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ check subunit ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_YDER_TESTING=on"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd):$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Logging library for C applications";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/babelouest/yder";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ johnazoidberg ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/fix-pkgconfig.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/fix-pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61a67c5897b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/yder/fix-pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- i/libyder.pc.in
++++ w/libyder.pc.in
+@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
+-prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+-exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+-libdir=${exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+-includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
++libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
++includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1a2fcde1a1f..4aba206550b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13799,6 +13799,8 @@ in
 
   yajl = callPackage ../development/libraries/yajl { };
 
+  yder = callPackage ../development/libraries/yder { };
+
   yojimbo = callPackage ../development/libraries/yojimbo { };
 
   yubioath-desktop = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/yubioath-desktop { };