diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/castxml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/castxml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8389786b9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/castxml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonPackages
+, pkgconfig
+, cmake
+, llvmPackages
+, withMan ? true
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name    = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname   = "CastXML";
+  version = "20180403";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "CastXML";
+    repo   = "CastXML";
+    rev    = "c2a44d06d9379718292b696f4e13a2725ff9d95e";
+    sha256 = "1hjh8ihjyp1m2jb5yypp5c45bpbz8k004f4p1cjw4gc7pxhjacdj";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    llvmPackages.clang-unwrapped
+    llvmPackages.llvm
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withMan [ pythonPackages.sphinx ];
+
+  propagatedbuildInputs = [ llvmPackages.libclang ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cmakeFlagsArray+=(
+     ${if withMan then "-DSPHINX_MAN=ON" else ""}
+  )'';
+
+  # 97% tests passed, 96 tests failed out of 2866
+  # mostly because it checks command line and nix append -isystem and all
+  doCheck=false;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # -E exclude 4 tests based on names
+    # see https://github.com/CastXML/CastXML/issues/90
+    ctest -E 'cmd.cc-(gnu|msvc)-((c-src-c)|(src-cxx))-cmd'
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.kitware.com;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    description = "Abstract syntax tree XML output tool";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d1cfa3463ef3..18b99af5aa21 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   buildMaven = callPackage ../build-support/build-maven.nix {};
 
+  castxml = callPackage ../development/tools/castxml { };
+
   cmark = callPackage ../development/libraries/cmark { };
 
   dhallToNix = callPackage ../build-support/dhall-to-nix.nix {