diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 15ebbfc31262..edf5901bf537 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -10676,6 +10676,12 @@
     githubId = 33242106;
     name = "Uri Baghin";
   };
+  urlordjames = {
+    email = "urlordjames@gmail.com";
+    github = "urlordjames";
+    githubId = 32751441;
+    name = "urlordjames";
+  };
   uskudnik = {
     email = "urban.skudnik@gmail.com";
     github = "uskudnik";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/drogon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/drogon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8234891046da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/drogon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, jsoncpp, libuuid, zlib, openssl, lib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "drogon";
+  version = "1.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "an-tao";
+    repo = "drogon";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0ncdlsi3zhmpdwh83d52npb1b2q982y858yl88zl2nfq4zhcm3wa";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # examples are used in the test during installCheckPhase, otherwise they are unnecessary
+    "-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=${if doInstallCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jsoncpp
+    libuuid
+    zlib
+    openssl
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # this part of the test fails because it attempts to configure a CMake project that uses find_package on itself
+    # the rest of the test runs fine because it uses executables that are built in buildPhase when BUILD_EXAMPLES is enabled
+    ./no_cmake_test.patch
+  ];
+
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    cd ..
+    patchShebangs test.sh
+    ./test.sh
+  '';
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/an-tao/drogon";
+    description = "C++14/17 based HTTP web application framework";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.urlordjames ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/drogon/no_cmake_test.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/drogon/no_cmake_test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d38fbf44b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/drogon/no_cmake_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
+index e5da08e..ba620cc 100755
+--- a/test.sh
++++ b/test.sh
+@@ -157,37 +157,6 @@ cd ../views
+ 
+ echo "Hello, world!" >>hello.csp
+ 
+-cd ../build
+-if [ $os = "windows" ]; then
+-  conan install $src_dir -s compiler="Visual Studio" -s compiler.version=16 -sbuild_type=Debug -g cmake_paths
+-  cmake_gen="$cmake_gen -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=conan_paths.cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$src_dir/install"
+-fi
+-cmake .. $cmake_gen
+-
+-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+-    echo "Error in testing"
+-    exit -1
+-fi
+-
+-cmake --build . -- $make_flags
+-
+-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+-    echo "Error in testing"
+-    exit -1
+-fi
+-
+-if [ $os = "linux" ]; then
+-  if [ ! -f "drogon_test" ]; then
+-      echo "Failed to build drogon_test"
+-      exit -1
+-  fi
+-else
+-  if [ ! -f "Debug\drogon_test.exe" ]; then
+-      echo "Failed to build drogon_test"
+-      exit -1
+-  fi
+-fi
+-
+ cd ../../
+ rm -rf drogon_test
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 97b3943cbfcf..400c7847fcea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14770,6 +14770,8 @@ in
       vdpauinfo;
   };
 
+  drogon = callPackage ../development/libraries/drogon { };
+
   dssi = callPackage ../development/libraries/dssi {};
 
   duckdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/duckdb {};