diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bisonc++/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bisonc++/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f19d1c748387e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bisonc++/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitLab
+, yodl, icmake, flexcpp, bobcat
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "bisonc++";
+  version = "6.04.00";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.com";
+    owner = "fbb-git";
+    repo = "bisoncpp";
+    rev = "6.04.00";
+    sha256 = "sha256:0aa9bij4g08ilsk6cgrbgi03vyhqr9fn6j2164sjin93m63212wl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ bobcat ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ yodl icmake flexcpp ];
+
+  setSourceRoot = ''
+    sourceRoot="$(echo */bisonc++)"
+  '';
+
+  gpl = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt";
+    sha256 = "sha256:0hq6i0dm4420825fdm0lnnppbil6z67ls67n5kgjcd912dszjxw1";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace INSTALL.im --replace /usr $out
+    patchShebangs .
+    for file in $(find documentation -type f); do
+      substituteInPlace "$file" --replace /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL ${gpl}
+      substituteInPlace "$file" --replace /usr $out
+    done
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    ./build program
+    ./build man
+    ./build manual
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ./build install x
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    inherit version;
+    description = "A parser generator like bison, but it generates C++ code";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    homepage = "https://fbb-git.gitlab.io/bisoncpp/";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 395fed012f5715..e0db6f58b40b26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10889,6 +10889,8 @@ in
     };
   });
 
+  bisoncpp = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/bisonc++ { };
+
   black = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication black;
 
   blackfire = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/blackfire { };