diff --git a/devfiles/cpp/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/cpp/devfile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bf36e72a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devfiles/cpp/devfile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+---
+apiVersion: 1.0.0
+metadata:
+  generateName: cpp-
+projects:
+  -
+    name: cpp-hello-world
+    source:
+      type: git
+      location: 'https://github.com/che-samples/cpp-hello-world'
+components:
+-
+  type: chePlugin
+  id: che-incubator/cpptools/latest
+  alias: cpp-plugin
+  preferences:
+    clangd.path: /usr/bin/clangd
+    cdt.clangd.binaries.enable: false
+-
+  type: dockerimage
+  alias: cpp-dev
+  image: quay.io/eclipse/che-cpp-rhel7:nightly
+  command: ['sleep']
+  args: ['infinity']
+  memoryLimit: 512Mi
+  mountSources: true
+commands:
+  -
+    name: build
+    actions:
+      - type: exec
+        component: cpp-dev
+        command: g++ -g hello.cpp -o hello.out && echo "Build complete"
+        workdir: ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/cpp-hello-world
+  -
+    name: run
+    actions:
+      - type: exec
+        component: cpp-dev
+        command: ./hello.out
+        workdir: ${CHE_PROJECTS_ROOT}/cpp-hello-world
+  -
+    name: debug
+    actions:
+      - type: vscode-launch
+        referenceContent: >
+          {
+            "version": "0.2.0",
+            "configurations": [
+                {
+                    "type": "gdb",
+                    "name": "Debug c++ application",
+                    "request": "launch",
+                    "program": "/projects/cpp-hello-world/hello.out"
+                }
+            ]
+          }
diff --git a/devfiles/cpp/meta.yaml b/devfiles/cpp/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a61e808ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devfiles/cpp/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+displayName: C/C++
+description: Stack with C/C++ and Clang 8
+tags: ["C/C++", "clang", "g++", "gdb"]
+icon: https://www.eclipse.org/che/images/logo-eclipseche.svg
+globalMemoryLimit: 1686Mi