diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ddbc845e3b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cxxopts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ cmake, fetchFromGitHub, icu, lib, pkg-config, stdenv, enableUnicodeHelp ? true }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cxxopts";
+  version = "2.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jarro2783";
+    repo = name;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0d3y747lsh1wkalc39nxd088rbypxigm991lk3j91zpn56whrpha";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optional enableUnicodeHelp [ icu.dev ];
+  cmakeFlags = lib.optional enableUnicodeHelp [ "-DCXXOPTS_USE_UNICODE_HELP=TRUE" ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ] ++ lib.optional enableUnicodeHelp [ pkg-config ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts";
+    description = "Lightweight C++ GNU-style option parser library";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.spease ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7d13ca561c2..3cb518ac025 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13246,6 +13246,8 @@ in
 
   cxx-prettyprint = callPackage ../development/libraries/cxx-prettyprint { };
 
+  cxxopts = callPackage ../development/libraries/cxxopts { };
+
   cxxtest = python2Packages.callPackage ../development/libraries/cxxtest { };
 
   cypress = callPackage ../development/web/cypress { };