diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index c8b31eccbea37..4d1b727780c85 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -4424,6 +4424,15 @@
     githubId = 14034137;
     name = "Mostly Void";
   };
+  ditsuke = {
+    name = "Tushar";
+    email = "hello@ditsuke.com";
+    github = "ditsuke";
+    githubId = 72784348;
+    keys = [{
+      fingerprint = "8FD2 153F 4889 541A 54F1  E09E 71B6 C31C 8A5A 9D21";
+    }];
+  };
   djacu = {
     email = "daniel.n.baker@gmail.com";
     github = "djacu";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/modern-cpp-kafka/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/modern-cpp-kafka/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..daa3396255bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/modern-cpp-kafka/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, cmake
+, boost
+, rdkafka
+, gtest
+, rapidjson
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "modern-cpp-kafka";
+  version = "2023.03.07";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "modern-cpp-kafka";
+    owner = "morganstanley";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7hkwM1YbveQpDRqwMZ3MXM88LTwlAT7uB8NL0t409To=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-avoid-overwriting-library-paths.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/morganstanley/modern-cpp-kafka/pull/221.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-UsQcMvJoRTn5kgXhmXOyqfW3n59kGKO596U2WjtdqAY=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "add-pkg-config-cmake-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/morganstanley/modern-cpp-kafka/pull/222.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-OjoSttnpgEwSZjCVKc888xJb5f1Dulu/rQqoGmqXNM4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ boost ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ rdkafka ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DLIBRDKAFKA_INCLUDE_DIR=${rdkafka.out}/include"
+    "-DGTEST_LIBRARY_DIR=${gtest.out}/lib"
+    "-DGTEST_INCLUDE_DIR=${gtest.dev}/include"
+    "-DRAPIDJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS=${rapidjson.out}/include"
+    "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Wno-uninitialized"
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ gtest rapidjson ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A C++ API for Kafka clients (i.e. KafkaProducer, KafkaConsumer, AdminClient)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/morganstanley/modern-cpp-kafka";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ditsuke ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}