diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/luabridge/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/luabridge/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c16f56065ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/luabridge/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenvNoCC
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "luabridge";
+  version = "2.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vinniefalco";
+    repo = "LuaBridge";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-gXrBNzE41SH98Xz480+uHQlxHjMHzs23AImxil5LZ0g=";
+  };
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    mkdir -p $out/include
+    cp -r Source/LuaBridge $out/include
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A lightweight, dependency-free library for binding Lua to C++";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vinniefalco/LuaBridge";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/vinniefalco/LuaBridge/blob/${version}/CHANGES.md";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ivar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd8cf15b3fc5..4d8f4e25fbe1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21072,6 +21072,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   luabind_luajit = luabind.override { lua = luajit; };
 
+  luabridge = callPackage ../development/libraries/luabridge { };
+
   luksmeta = callPackage ../development/libraries/luksmeta {
     asciidoc = asciidoc-full;
   };