diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/zfp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/zfp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c46c58e7b404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/zfp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ cmake, cudatoolkit, fetchFromGitHub, gfortran, lib, llvmPackages, pythonPackages, stdenv, targetPlatform
+, enableCfp ? true
+, enableCuda ? false
+, enableExamples ? true
+, enableFortran ? builtins.elem targetPlatform.system gfortran.meta.platforms
+, enableOpenMP ? true
+, enablePython ? true
+, enableUtilities ? true }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "zfp";
+  version = "0.5.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LLNL";
+    repo = "zfp";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "19ycflz35qsrzfcvxdyy0mgbykfghfi9y5v684jb4awjp7nf562c";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optional enableCuda cudatoolkit
+    ++ lib.optional enableFortran gfortran
+    ++ lib.optional enableOpenMP llvmPackages.openmp
+    ++ lib.optionals enablePython [ pythonPackages.cython pythonPackages.numpy pythonPackages.python ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # More tests not enabled by default
+    ''-DZFP_BINARY_DIR=${placeholder "out"}''
+    ''-DZFP_BUILD_TESTING_LARGE=ON''
+  ]
+    ++ lib.optionals targetPlatform.isDarwin [
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=bin"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional enableCfp "-DBUILD_CFP=ON"
+    ++ lib.optional enableCuda "-DZFP_WITH_CUDA=ON"
+    ++ lib.optional enableExamples "-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON"
+    ++ lib.optional enableFortran "-DBUILD_ZFORP=ON"
+    ++ lib.optional enableOpenMP "-DZFP_WITH_OPENMP=ON"
+    ++ lib.optional enablePython "-DBUILD_ZFPY=ON"
+    ++ ([ "-DBUILD_UTILITIES=${if enableUtilities then "ON" else "OFF"}" ]);
+
+  preCheck = lib.optional targetPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$out/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://computing.llnl.gov/projects/zfp";
+    description = "Library for random-access compression of floating-point arrays";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.spease ];
+    # 64-bit only
+    platforms = platforms.aarch64 ++ platforms.x86_64;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0c186c5af42b..21ed4df068a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11072,6 +11072,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   zerofree = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/zerofree { };
 
+  zfp = callPackage ../tools/compression/zfp {};
+
   zfs-autobackup = callPackage ../tools/backup/zfs-autobackup { };
 
   zfsbackup = callPackage ../tools/backup/zfsbackup { };