diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/linenoise-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/linenoise-ng/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3333d58242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/linenoise-ng/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "linenoise-ng-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "arangodb";
+    repo = "linenoise-ng";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "176iz0kj0p8d8i3jqps4z8xkxwl3f1986q88i9xg5fvqgpzsxp20";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/arangodb/linenoise-ng";
+    description = "A small, portable GNU readline replacement for Linux, Windows and MacOS which is capable of handling UTF-8 characters";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e10d8143034..bb95941adf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9227,6 +9227,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   linenoise = callPackage ../development/libraries/linenoise { };
 
+  linenoise-ng = callPackage ../development/libraries/linenoise-ng { };
+
   lirc = callPackage ../development/libraries/lirc { };
 
   liquid-dsp = callPackage ../development/libraries/liquid-dsp { };