diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7918f8e5ca186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jsoncpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, scons}:
+
+let
+  basename = "jsoncpp";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  pkgname = "${basename}-src-${version}-rc2.tar.gz";
+in 
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${basename}-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${basename}/${pkgname}";
+    sha256 = "10xj15nziqpwc6r3yznpb49wm4jqc5wakjsmj65v087mcg8r7lfl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ scons ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    scons platform=linux-gcc check
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    cp -r include $out
+    cp -r libs/* $out/lib
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://jsoncpp.sourceforge.net;
+    description = "A simple API to manipulate JSON data in C++";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 44562a165ff28..223eebac80e21 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4557,6 +4557,8 @@ let
 
   json_c = callPackage ../development/libraries/json-c { };
 
+  jsoncpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/jsoncpp { };
+
   libjson = callPackage ../development/libraries/libjson { };
 
   judy = callPackage ../development/libraries/judy { };