diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2704b9586b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, dbus, glib, gtkmm, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dbus-cplusplus-${version}";
+  version = "0.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/dbus-cplusplus/dbus-c%2B%2B/0.9.0/libdbus-c%2B%2B-0.9.0.tar.gz";
+    name = "dbus-cplusplus.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0qafmy2i6dzx4n1dqp6pygyy6gjljnb7hwjcj2z11c1wgclsq4dw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ dbus glib gtkmm pkgconfig ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--disable-ecore";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://dbus-cplusplus.sourceforge.net;
+    description = "C++ API for D-BUS";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ebb0782ff76..a2770464a4c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3386,6 +3386,8 @@ let
     useX11 = true;
   };
 
+  dbus_cplusplus = callPackage ../development/libraries/dbus-cplusplus { };
+
   dbus_glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/dbus-glib { };
 
   dbus_java = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/dbus-java { };