diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index d90e75352e..4750450f68 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
-;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley@openmailbox.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system meson)
   #:use-module (guix build-system perl)
@@ -452,6 +453,33 @@ applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.")
     (home-page "https://wayland.freedesktop.org")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public waylandpp
+  (package
+    (name "waylandpp")
+    (version "0.2.5")
+    (home-page "https://github.com/NilsBrause/waylandpp")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference (url home-page) (commit version)))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "16h57hzd688664qcyznzhjp3hxipdkzgv46x82yhkww24av8b55n"))))
+    (build-system cmake-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f))                    ;no tests
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (inputs
+     `(("mesa" ,mesa)
+       ("pugixml" ,pugixml)))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(;; In Requires of the .pc files.
+       ("wayland" ,wayland)))
+    (synopsis "Wayland C++ bindings")
+    (description
+     "This package provides C++ bindings for the Wayland display protocol.")
+    (license license:bsd-2)))
+
 (define-public weston
   (package
     (name "weston")