diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e1da8666227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "abseil-cpp-${version}";
+  date = "20190322";
+  rev = "eab2078b53c9e3d9d240135c09d27e3393acb50a";
+  version = "${date}-${rev}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "abseil";
+    repo = "abseil-cpp";
+    rev = "${rev}";
+    sha256 = "1bpz44hxq5fpkv6jlgphzk7mxjiiah526jgb63ih5pd1hd2cfw1r";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An open-source collection of C++ code designed to augment the C++ standard library";
+    homepage = https://abseil.io/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.andersk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 26ad14080701..bc2cc77e7a9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9381,6 +9381,8 @@ in
 
   aalib = callPackage ../development/libraries/aalib { };
 
+  abseil-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/abseil-cpp { };
+
   accountsservice = callPackage ../development/libraries/accountsservice { };
 
   acl = callPackage ../development/libraries/acl { };