diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cli11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cli11/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..904119bd6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cli11/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, gtest, python, boost }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cli11";
+  version = "1.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "CLIUtils";
+    repo = "CLI11";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0wddck970pczk7c201i2g6s85mkv4f2f4zxy6mndh3pfz41wcs2d";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ boost python ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    rm -rfv extern/googletest
+    ln -sfv ${gtest.src} extern/googletest
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "CLI11 is a command line parser for C++11";
+    homepage = https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nand0p ];
+    license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e2e94823b63..0a32827e840 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8661,6 +8661,8 @@ in
   libsigrok4dsl = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/dsview/libsigrok4dsl.nix { };
   libsigrokdecode4dsl = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/dsview/libsigrokdecode4dsl.nix { };
 
+  cli11 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cli11 { };
+
   dcadec = callPackage ../development/tools/dcadec { };
 
   dejagnu = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/dejagnu { };