diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f971cff64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/poco/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, zlib, pcre, expat, sqlite, openssl, unixODBC, libmysql }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "poco-${version}";
+
+  version = "1.7.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://pocoproject.org/releases/${name}/${name}-all.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "17y6kvj4qdpb3p1im8n9qfylfh4bd2xsvbpn24jv97x7f146nhjf";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib pcre expat sqlite openssl unixODBC libmysql ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR=${libmysql.dev}/include/mysql"
+    "-DPOCO_UNBUNDLED=ON"
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://pocoproject.org/;
+    description = "Cross-platform C++ libraries with a network/internet focus";
+    license = licenses.boost;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fdfdf4181c7..8ab57716d49 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9320,6 +9320,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pocketsphinx = callPackage ../development/libraries/pocketsphinx { };
 
+  poco = callPackage ../development/libraries/poco { };
+
   podofo = callPackage ../development/libraries/podofo { lua5 = lua5_1; };
 
   poker-eval = callPackage ../development/libraries/poker-eval { };