diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ticpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ticpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e46bf2418bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ticpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "ticpp";
+  version = "unstable-2019-01-09";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "wxFormBuilder";
+    repo = "ticpp";
+    rev = "eb79120ea16b847ce9f483a298a394050f463d6b";
+    sha256 = "sha256:0xk4cy0xbkr6326cqd1vd6b2x0rfsx4iz2sq8f5jz3yl3slxgjm2";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_TICPP_DLL=1" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    cd ..
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    install build/*.{a,so} $out/lib
+    mkdir -p $out/include
+    install *.h $out/include
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Interface to TinyXML";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    homepage = https://github.com/wxFormBuilder/ticpp;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 741992e9be7d..693e256d00dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19674,6 +19674,8 @@ in
     inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libgnome libgnomeui;
   };
 
+  ticpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/ticpp { };
+
   tig = gitAndTools.tig;
 
   tilda = callPackage ../applications/misc/tilda {