diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 509f2da8a4bc..02ea550e84bc 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@
   mirdhyn = "Merlin Gaillard <mirdhyn@gmail.com>";
   mirrexagon = "Andrew Abbott <mirrexagon@mirrexagon.com>";
   mjanczyk = "Marcin Janczyk <m@dragonvr.pl>";
+  mjp = "Mike Playle <mike@mythik.co.uk>"; # github = "MikePlayle";
   mlieberman85 = "Michael Lieberman <mlieberman85@gmail.com>";
   modulistic = "Pablo Costa <modulistic@gmail.com>";
   mog = "Matthew O'Gorman <mog-lists@rldn.net>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..421c73cbb056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libamqpcpp-${version}";
+  version = "2.7.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "CopernicaMarketingSoftware";
+    repo = "AMQP-CPP";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0m010bz0axawcpv4d1p1vx7c6r8lg27w2s2vjqpbpg99w35n6c8k";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./libamqpcpp-darwin.patch ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for communicating with a RabbitMQ server";
+    homepage = https://github.com/CopernicaMarketingSoftware/AMQP-CPP;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mjp ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/libamqpcpp-darwin.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/libamqpcpp-darwin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f8d700929b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libamqpcpp/libamqpcpp-darwin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++CXX ?= g++
+@@ -43 +44 @@ ${SHARED_LIB}: ${SHARED_OBJECTS}
+-	${LD} ${LD_FLAGS} -Wl,${SONAMEPARAMETER},lib$(LIBRARY_NAME).so.$(SONAME) -o $@ ${SHARED_OBJECTS}
++	${CXX} ${LD_FLAGS} -Wl,${SONAMEPARAMETER},lib$(LIBRARY_NAME).so.$(SONAME) -o $@ ${SHARED_OBJECTS}
+@@ -52 +53 @@ ${SHARED_OBJECTS}:
+-	${CPP} ${CPPFLAGS} -fpic -o $@ ${@:%.o=%.cpp}
++	${CXX} ${CPPFLAGS} -fpic -o $@ ${@:%.o=%.cpp}
+@@ -55 +56 @@ ${STATIC_OBJECTS}:
+-	${CPP} ${CPPFLAGS} -o $@ ${@:%.s.o=%.cpp}
++	${CXX} ${CPPFLAGS} -o $@ ${@:%.s.o=%.cpp}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7ac22dfd18d1..75eda2045602 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8918,6 +8918,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libabw = callPackage ../development/libraries/libabw { };
 
+  libamqpcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libamqpcpp { };
+
   libantlr3c = callPackage ../development/libraries/libantlr3c {};
 
   libappindicator-gtk2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libappindicator { gtkVersion = "2"; };