diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1e030d4d7ce02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, cmake}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.7.0";
+  name = "gtest-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://googletest.googlecode.com/files/${name}.zip";
+    sha256="03fnw3bizw9bcx7l5qy1vz7185g33d5pxqcb6aqxwlrzv26s2z14";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip cmake ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
+    cmake ../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    cp -v libgtest.a libgtest_main.a $out/lib
+    cp -v -r ../include $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Google test: Google's framework for writing C++ tests.";
+    homepage = https://code.google.com/p/googletest/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.zoomulator ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 52a6ef0764acd..02d585198e7c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1043,6 +1043,8 @@ let
 
   gt5 = callPackage ../tools/system/gt5 { };
 
+  gtest = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtest {};
+
   gtkdatabox = callPackage ../development/libraries/gtkdatabox {};
 
   gtkgnutella = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/gtk-gnutella { };