diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index a80ec598ea6a..8555e3786c37 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -9095,6 +9095,12 @@
     githubId = 10110;
     name = "Travis B. Hartwell";
   };
+  TredwellGit = {
+    email = "tredwell@tutanota.com";
+    github = "TredwellGit";
+    githubId = 61860346;
+    name = "Tredwell";
+  };
   treemo = {
     email = "matthieu.chevrier@treemo.fr";
     github = "treemo";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/inih/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/inih/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62de607f7d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/inih/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "inih";
+  version = "r52";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "benhoyt";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0lsvm34zabvi1xlximybzvgc58zb90mm3b9babwxlqs05jy871m4";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Ddefault_library=shared"
+    "-Ddistro_install=true"
+    "-Dwith_INIReader=true"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple .INI file parser in C, good for embedded systems";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/benhoyt/inih";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/benhoyt/inih/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ TredwellGit ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 65ac1da50306..12ecc6e4e2c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13590,6 +13590,8 @@ in
 
   indilib = callPackage ../development/libraries/indilib { };
 
+  inih = callPackage ../development/libraries/inih { };
+
   iniparser = callPackage ../development/libraries/iniparser { };
 
   intel-gmmlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/intel-gmmlib { };