diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidjson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e9a11d42512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidjson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rapidjson-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "miloyip";
+    repo = "rapidjson";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1jixgb8w97l9gdh3inihz7avz7i770gy2j2irvvlyrq3wi41f5ab";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API";
+    homepage = "http://rapidjson.org/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3231c9954ef..b250b08d2324 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10065,6 +10065,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rabbitmq-java-client = callPackage ../development/libraries/rabbitmq-java-client {};
 
+  rapidjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/rapidjson {};
+
   raul = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/raul { };
 
   readline = readline6;