diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cppunit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppunit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6654aa77c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cppunit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+	name = "cppunit-1.12.0";
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = mirror://sf/cppunit/cppunit-1.12.0.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "07zyyx5dyai94y8r8va28971f5mw84mb93xx9pm6m4ddpj6c79cq";
+	};
+	configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1f0539690d9..85e340718f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1470,6 +1470,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  cppunit = import ../development/libraries/cppunit {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   cracklib = import ../development/libraries/cracklib {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };