diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lerc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lerc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99e18a76bf60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lerc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lerc";
+  version = "3.0";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "esri";
+    repo = "lerc";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-QO5+ouQy5nOcAgvxMeBDoSBP+G3ClDjXipnkuSIDcP0=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ library for Limited Error Raster Compression";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/esri/lerc";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4ddbb76db30c..fc21ad36f255 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19653,6 +19653,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   leptonica = callPackage ../development/libraries/leptonica { };
 
+  lerc = callPackage ../development/libraries/lerc { };
+
   lib2geom = callPackage ../development/libraries/lib2geom { };
 
   lib3ds = callPackage ../development/libraries/lib3ds { };