diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cre2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cre2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1fe4686ce23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cre2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake,
+  libtool, pkgconfig, re2, texinfo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cre2-${version}";
+
+  version = "0.3.0";
+    
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "marcomaggi";
+    repo = "cre2";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "12yrdad87jjqrhbqm02hzsayan2402vf61a9x1b2iabv6d1c1bnj";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf
+    automake
+    libtool
+    pkgconfig
+    re2
+    texinfo
+  ];
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lre2 -lpthread";
+
+  preConfigure = "sh autogen.sh";
+  
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-maintainer-mode"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://marcomaggi.github.io/docs/cre2.html;
+    description = "C Wrapper for RE2";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2e5fe27b14a..85df2db26826 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7195,6 +7195,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cracklib = callPackage ../development/libraries/cracklib { };
 
+  cre2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/cre2 { };
+
   cryptopp = callPackage ../development/libraries/crypto++ { };
 
   curlcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/curlcpp { };