diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b7099cb610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, symlinkJoin, fetchurl, boost, brotli, cmake, flatbuffers, gtest, gflags, lz4, rapidjson, snappy, zlib, zstd }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "arrow-cpp-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://apache/arrow/arrow-${version}/apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1i79sh9ip32agbrn4n51pjn9266i45s8spk5jsi8ax0hqy1vhhmi";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "apache-arrow-${version}/cpp";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ boost ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace cmake_modules/FindBrotli.cmake --replace CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY
+    substituteInPlace cmake_modules/FindLz4.cmake --replace CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY
+    substituteInPlace cmake_modules/FindSnappy.cmake --replace CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY
+  '';
+
+  BROTLI_HOME = symlinkJoin { name="brotli-wrap"; paths = [ brotli.lib brotli.dev ]; };
+  FLATBUFFERS_HOME = flatbuffers;
+  GTEST_HOME = gtest;
+  GFLAGS_HOME = gflags;
+  LZ4_HOME = symlinkJoin { name="lz4-wrap"; paths = [ lz4 lz4.dev ]; };
+  RAPIDJSON_HOME = rapidjson;
+  SNAPPY_HOME = symlinkJoin { name="snappy-wrap"; paths = [ snappy snappy.dev ]; };
+  ZLIB_HOME = symlinkJoin { name="zlib-wrap"; paths = [ zlib.dev zlib.static ]; };
+  ZSTD_HOME = zstd;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A  cross-language development platform for in-memory data";
+    homepage = https://arrow.apache.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 62ad5f27dfe..9ffabd19786 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8379,6 +8379,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   armadillo = callPackage ../development/libraries/armadillo {};
 
+  arrow-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/arrow-cpp {};
+
   assimp = callPackage ../development/libraries/assimp { };
 
   asio = callPackage ../development/libraries/asio { };