diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kinetic-cpp-client/build-fix.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/kinetic-cpp-client/build-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49edbf63a546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kinetic-cpp-client/build-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 8217cba..a6c1d70 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else(APPLE)
+   endif(${BUILD_FOR_ARM})
+ endif(APPLE)
+ 
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "--std=c++0x -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-null-dereference -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1 ${BUILD_PIC_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
++set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "--std=c++11 -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1 ${BUILD_PIC_COMPILER_FLAGS}")
+ 
+ set(TEST_BINARY "kinetic_client_test")
+ set(TEST_BINARY_PATH ${kinetic_cpp_client_BINARY_DIR}/${TEST_BINARY})
+@@ -50,103 +50,16 @@ set(GENERATED_SOURCES_PATH ${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main/generated)
+ set(PREFIX "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor")
+ set(EXTERNAL_PREFIX "${kinetic_cpp_client_BINARY_DIR}/vendor")
+ 
+-include(ExternalProject)
+-
+-set(KINETIC_PROTO_VERSION "3.0.0")
+-set(KINETIC_PROTO_MD5 "85ca027b870811a297c1f6d792498934")
+-
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    kinetic-proto
+-    PREFIX ${PREFIX}
+-    DOWNLOAD_COMMAND curl -L https://github.com/Seagate/kinetic-protocol/archive/${KINETIC_PROTO_VERSION}.tar.gz -o kinetic-proto.tar.gz && openssl md5 kinetic-proto.tar.gz | grep -q ${KINETIC_PROTO_MD5} && rm -rf kinetic-proto && mkdir -p kinetic-proto && tar -xz --strip-components 1 -C kinetic-proto -f kinetic-proto.tar.gz
+-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+-    BUILD_COMMAND ""
+-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+-)
+-
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    gflags
+-    PREFIX ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}
+-    URL "${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/tarballs/gflags-2.0-no-svn-files.tar.gz"
+-    URL_MD5 "9084829124e02a7e6be0f0f824523423"
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ../gflags/configure --prefix=${EXTERNAL_PREFIX} --enable-static ${CONFIG_HOST_FLAG} ${CHILD_MAKE_FLAGS} ${PIC_MAKE_FLAGS}
+-)
+-
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    glog
+-    PREFIX ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}
+-    URL "${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/tarballs/glog-0.3.3.tar.gz"
+-    URL_MD5 "a6fd2c22f8996846e34c763422717c18"
+-    PATCH_COMMAND sh ${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/apply-glog-patches.sh ${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ../glog/configure --prefix=${EXTERNAL_PREFIX} --with-gflags=${EXTERNAL_PREFIX} --enable-static ${CONFIG_HOST_FLAG} ${CHILD_MAKE_FLAGS} ${PIC_MAKE_FLAGS}
+-    DEPENDS gflags
+-)
+-
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    gtest
+-    PREFIX ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}
+-    URL "${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/tarballs/gtest-1.6.0.zip"
+-    URL_MD5 "4577b49f2973c90bf9ba69aa8166b786"
+-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+-    BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1 -I../gtest -I../gtest/include -c ../gtest/src/gtest-all.cc && ar -rv libgtest.a gtest-all.o && ranlib libgtest.a
+-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+-)
+-
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    gmock
+-    PREFIX ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}
+-    URL "${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/tarballs/gmock-1.6.0.zip"
+-    URL_MD5 "f547f47321ca88d3965ca2efdcc2a3c1"
+-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+-    BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -DGTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1 -I../gmock -I../gmock/include -I../gtest -I../gtest/include -c ../gmock/src/gmock-all.cc && ar -rv libgmock.a gmock-all.o && ranlib libgmock.a
+-    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+-    DEPENDS gtest
+-)
+-
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    openssl
+-    PREFIX ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}
+-    URL "${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/tarballs/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz"
+-    URL_MD5 "de62b43dfcd858e66a74bee1c834e959"
+-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${OPENSSL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND} --prefix=${EXTERNAL_PREFIX} ${BUILD_PIC_COMPILER_FLAG}
+-    BUILD_COMMAND touch apps/openssl && touch openssl.pc && make ${CHILD_MAKE_FLAGS} build_libs libssl.pc libcrypto.pc
+-    INSTALL_COMMAND make install_sw
+-)
+-
+-# The protobuf build requires the existence of a protoc binary that can be
+-# executed on the host machine. To handle cross compilation, we always build
+-# protobuf once for the host so that we have a suitable copy of protoc.
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    protoc
+-    PREFIX ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}/host
+-    URL "${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/tarballs/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.bz2"
+-    URL_MD5 "a72001a9067a4c2c4e0e836d0f92ece4"
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ../protoc/configure --prefix=${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}/host --enable-static
+-)
+-
+ # Protobuf code generation rules
+-set(PROTOC_PATH "${PREFIX}/host/bin/protoc")
+-set(PROTO_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/src/kinetic-proto")
++set(PROTOC_PATH "protoc")
++set(PROTO_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/kinetic-proto")
+ set(PROTO_ORIG_PATH "${PROTO_DIR}/kinetic.proto")
+ set(PROTO_MODIFIED_PATH "${PROTO_DIR}/kinetic_client.proto")
+-ExternalProject_add(
+-    protobuf
+-    PREFIX ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}
+-    URL "${kinetic_cpp_client_SOURCE_DIR}/tarballs/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.bz2"
+-    URL_MD5 "a72001a9067a4c2c4e0e836d0f92ece4"
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ../protobuf/configure --prefix=${EXTERNAL_PREFIX} --enable-static --with-protoc=${PROTOC_PATH} ${CONFIG_HOST_FLAG} ${CHILD_MAKE_FLAGS} ${PIC_MAKE_FLAGS}
+-    DEPENDS protoc
+-)
+ 
+ add_custom_command(
+     COMMENT "Compiling protobuf"
+     OUTPUT ${GENERATED_SOURCES_PATH}/kinetic_client.pb.h ${GENERATED_SOURCES_PATH}/kinetic_client.pb.cc
+     COMMAND mkdir -p ${GENERATED_SOURCES_PATH} && sed 's/com\\.seagate\\.kinetic\\.proto/com.seagate.kinetic.client.proto/' ${PROTO_ORIG_PATH} > ${PROTO_MODIFIED_PATH} && ${PROTOC_PATH} -I=${PROTO_DIR} --cpp_out=${GENERATED_SOURCES_PATH} ${PROTO_MODIFIED_PATH}
+-    DEPENDS kinetic-proto protoc protobuf
+ )
+ set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES ${GENERATED_SOURCES_PATH})
+ 
+@@ -157,21 +70,10 @@ include_directories(
+ 
+     src/test/mock
+     src/test
+-
+-    ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}/include
+-    ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}/src/gmock/include
+-    ${EXTERNAL_PREFIX}/src/gtest/include
+ )
+ 
+ set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
+     kinetic_client
+-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/lib/libglog.a
+-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/lib/libgflags.a
+-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/lib/libssl.a
+-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/lib/libcrypto.a
+-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/lib/libprotobuf.a
+-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/src/gtest/libgtest.a
+-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vendor/src/gmock/libgmock.a
+     ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+     dl
+ )
+@@ -180,12 +82,68 @@ set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
+ # Otherwise glog uses the standard glibc unwinder and there is no dependency.
+ find_library(LIBUNWIND "unwind")
+ if(LIBUNWIND)
+-    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES 
+-        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES} 
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
+         ${LIBUNWIND}
+     )
+ endif()
+ 
++find_library(LIBSSL "ssl")
++if(LIBSSL)
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
++		${LIBSSL}
++    )
++endif()
++
++find_library(LIBCRYPTO "crypto")
++if(LIBCRYPTO)
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
++		${LIBCRYPTO}
++    )
++endif()
++
++find_library(LIBPROTOBUF "protobuf")
++if(LIBPROTOBUF)
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
++		${LIBPROTOBUF}
++    )
++endif()
++
++find_library(LIBGLOG "glog")
++if(LIBGLOG)
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
++		${LIBGLOG}
++    )
++endif()
++
++find_library(LIBGFLAGS "gflags")
++if(LIBGFLAGS)
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
++		${LIBGFLAGS}
++    )
++endif()
++
++find_library(LIBGMOCK "gmock")
++if(LIBGMOCK)
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
++		${LIBGMOCK}
++    )
++endif()
++
++find_library(LIBGTEST "gtest")
++if(LIBGTEST)
++    set(LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES
++        ${LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES}
++		${LIBGTEST}
++    )
++endif()
++
+ add_library(kinetic_client
+     src/main/generated/kinetic_client.pb.cc
+     src/main/hmac_provider.cc
+diff --git a/src/test/kinetic_cpp_client_test.cc b/src/test/kinetic_cpp_client_test.cc
+index 2079fab..c5004a2 100644
+--- a/src/test/kinetic_cpp_client_test.cc
++++ b/src/test/kinetic_cpp_client_test.cc
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <iostream>
+ 
++#include "gflags/gflags.h"
+ #include "gtest/gtest.h"
+ #include "glog/logging.h"
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kinetic-cpp-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kinetic-cpp-client/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a11c85bd763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kinetic-cpp-client/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fetchurl, cmake, protobuf, libunwind, openssl, glog
+, google-gflags, gmock, gtest
+}:
+
+let
+  protoTar = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://github.com/Seagate/kinetic-protocol/archive/3.0.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0406pp0sdf0rg6s5g18r2d8si2rin7p6qbzp7c6pma5hyzsygz48";
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "kinetic-cpp-client-2015-04-14";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/Seagate/kinetic-cpp-client.git";
+    rev = "015085a5c89db0398f80923053f36b9e0611e107";
+    sha256 = "15iwlfjwnyswiwssdjg6qiflhddh66nv07xji4yhz1s4vqhk3nrx";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./build-fix.patch ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    mkdir -p build/kinetic-proto
+    tar -x --strip-components 1 -C build/kinetic-proto -f ${protoTar}
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake protobuf ];
+  buildInputs = [ libunwind glog google-gflags gmock gtest ];
+
+  # The headers and library include from these and there is no provided pc file
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ protobuf openssl ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=true"
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    # The checks cannot find libkinetic_client.so otherwise
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(pwd)"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    # There is no included install script so do our best
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    cp libkinetic_client.so $out/lib
+    cp -r ../include $out
+    cp ../src/main/generated/kinetic_client.pb.h $out/include
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/Seagate/kinetic-cpp-client;
+    description = "code for producing C and C++ kinetic clients";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c4cf997968d..bdbc5e64f9c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6200,6 +6200,8 @@ let
   kf5_latest = kf57;
   kf5_stable = kf57;
 
+  kinetic-cpp-client = callPackage ../development/libraries/kinetic-cpp-client { };
+
   krb5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix {
     openldap = openldap.override {
       cyrus_sasl = cyrus_sasl.override { kerberos = null; };