diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xtl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xtl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb50105cffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xtl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, gtest
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xtl";
+  version = "0.7.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "xtensor-stack";
+    repo = "xtl";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "177ym67sz544wdylksfkkpi6bqn34kagycfnb3cv0nkmpipqj9lg";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_TESTS=ON" ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkInputs = [ gtest ];
+  checkTarget = "xtest";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Basic tools (containers, algorithms) used by other quantstack packages";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xtl";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index de4f3e6eb45..8294ff9ad8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18604,6 +18604,8 @@ in
 
   xsimd = callPackage ../development/libraries/xsimd { };
 
+  xtl = callPackage ../development/libraries/xtl { };
+
   xvidcore = callPackage ../development/libraries/xvidcore { };
 
   xxHash = callPackage ../development/libraries/xxHash {};