diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e4a513a7a..c2e938360 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@
               "nix-store-tests" = { };
 
               "nix-fetchers" = { };
+              "nix-fetchers-c" = { };
               "nix-fetchers-tests" = { };
 
               "nix-expr" = { };
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 49adf9832..621946608 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ endif
 # External C wrapper libraries
 subproject('libutil-c')
 subproject('libstore-c')
+subproject('libfetchers-c')
 subproject('libexpr-c')
 subproject('libflake-c')
 subproject('libmain-c')
diff --git a/packaging/components.nix b/packaging/components.nix
index ea5d97399..6351ac712 100644
--- a/packaging/components.nix
+++ b/packaging/components.nix
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ in
   nix-store-tests = callPackage ../src/libstore-tests/package.nix { };
 
   nix-fetchers = callPackage ../src/libfetchers/package.nix { };
+  nix-fetchers-c = callPackage ../src/libfetchers-c/package.nix { };
   nix-fetchers-tests = callPackage ../src/libfetchers-tests/package.nix { };
 
   nix-expr = callPackage ../src/libexpr/package.nix { };
diff --git a/packaging/everything.nix b/packaging/everything.nix
index 1835eefb6..5bf57f95a 100644
--- a/packaging/everything.nix
+++ b/packaging/everything.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   nix-store-tests,
 
   nix-fetchers,
+  nix-fetchers-c,
   nix-fetchers-tests,
 
   nix-expr,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ let
         nix-store
         nix-store-c
         nix-fetchers
+        nix-fetchers-c
         nix-expr
         nix-expr-c
         nix-flake
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "nix-expr"
       "nix-expr-c"
       "nix-fetchers"
+      "nix-fetchers-c"
       "nix-flake"
       "nix-flake-c"
       "nix-main"
diff --git a/packaging/hydra.nix b/packaging/hydra.nix
index 74e245f26..ee4cabe62 100644
--- a/packaging/hydra.nix
+++ b/packaging/hydra.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ let
         "nix-store-test-support"
         "nix-store-tests"
         "nix-fetchers"
+        "nix-fetchers-c"
         "nix-fetchers-tests"
         "nix-expr"
         "nix-expr-c"
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-c/.version b/src/libfetchers-c/.version
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..b7badcd0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-c/.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../.version
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-c/meson.build b/src/libfetchers-c/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e34997f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-c/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+project('nix-fetchers-c', 'cpp',
+  version : files('.version'),
+  default_options : [
+    'cpp_std=c++2a',
+    # TODO(Qyriad): increase the warning level
+    'warning_level=1',
+    'errorlogs=true', # Please print logs for tests that fail
+  ],
+  meson_version : '>= 1.1',
+  license : 'LGPL-2.1-or-later',
+)
+
+cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+subdir('nix-meson-build-support/deps-lists')
+
+deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
+  dependency('nix-util'),
+  dependency('nix-store'),
+  dependency('nix-fetchers'),
+]
+deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
+  dependency('nix-util-c'),
+  dependency('nix-store-c'),
+]
+subdir('nix-meson-build-support/subprojects')
+
+add_project_arguments(
+  language : 'cpp',
+)
+
+subdir('nix-meson-build-support/common')
+
+sources = files(
+  'nix_api_fetchers.cc',
+)
+
+include_dirs = [include_directories('.')]
+
+headers = files(
+  'nix_api_fetchers.h',
+  'nix_api_fetchers_internal.hh',
+)
+
+# TODO move this header to libexpr, maybe don't use it in tests?
+headers += files('nix_api_fetchers.h')
+
+subdir('nix-meson-build-support/export-all-symbols')
+subdir('nix-meson-build-support/windows-version')
+
+this_library = library(
+  'nixfetchersc',
+  sources,
+  dependencies : deps_public + deps_private + deps_other,
+  include_directories : include_dirs,
+  link_args: linker_export_flags,
+  prelink : true, # For C++ static initializers
+  install : true,
+)
+
+install_headers(headers, preserve_path : true)
+
+libraries_private = []
+
+subdir('nix-meson-build-support/export')
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-c/nix-meson-build-support b/src/libfetchers-c/nix-meson-build-support
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..0b140f56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-c/nix-meson-build-support
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../nix-meson-build-support
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers.cc b/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e8037a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "nix_api_fetchers.h"
+#include "nix_api_fetchers_internal.hh"
+#include "nix_api_util_internal.h"
+
+nix_fetchers_settings * nix_fetchers_settings_new(nix_c_context * context)
+{
+    try {
+        auto fetchersSettings = nix::make_ref<nix::fetchers::Settings>(nix::fetchers::Settings{});
+        return new nix_fetchers_settings{
+            .settings = fetchersSettings,
+        };
+    }
+    NIXC_CATCH_ERRS_NULL
+}
+
+void nix_fetchers_settings_free(nix_fetchers_settings * settings)
+{
+    delete settings;
+}
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers.h b/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19da112a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#ifndef NIX_API_FETCHERS_H
+#define NIX_API_FETCHERS_H
+/** @defgroup libfetchers libfetchers
+ * @brief Bindings to the Nix fetchers library
+ * @{
+ */
+/** @file
+ * @brief Main entry for the libfetchers C bindings
+ */
+
+#include "nix_api_util.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+// cffi start
+
+// Type definitions
+/**
+ * @brief Shared settings object
+ */
+typedef struct nix_fetchers_settings nix_fetchers_settings;
+
+nix_fetchers_settings * nix_fetchers_settings_new(nix_c_context * context);
+
+void nix_fetchers_settings_free(nix_fetchers_settings * settings);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} // extern "C"
+#endif
+
+#endif // NIX_API_FETCHERS_H
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers_internal.hh b/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers_internal.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0dea5754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-c/nix_api_fetchers_internal.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "nix/fetchers/fetch-settings.hh"
+#include "nix/util/ref.hh"
+
+/**
+ * A shared reference to `nix::fetchers::Settings`
+ * @see nix::fetchers::Settings
+ */
+struct nix_fetchers_settings
+{
+    nix::ref<nix::fetchers::Settings> settings;
+};
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-c/package.nix b/src/libfetchers-c/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a601d704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-c/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  mkMesonLibrary,
+
+  nix-store-c,
+  nix-expr-c,
+  nix-util-c,
+  nix-fetchers,
+
+  # Configuration Options
+
+  version,
+}:
+
+let
+  inherit (lib) fileset;
+in
+
+mkMesonLibrary (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "nix-fetchers-c";
+  inherit version;
+
+  workDir = ./.;
+  fileset = fileset.unions [
+    ../../nix-meson-build-support
+    ./nix-meson-build-support
+    ../../.version
+    ./.version
+    ./meson.build
+    # ./meson.options
+    (fileset.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "cc") ./.)
+    (fileset.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "hh") ./.)
+    (fileset.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "h") ./.)
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    nix-util-c
+    nix-expr-c
+    nix-store-c
+    nix-fetchers
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix ++ lib.platforms.windows;
+  };
+
+})
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-tests/meson.build b/src/libfetchers-tests/meson.build
index 12b748e65..33bc7f30e 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers-tests/meson.build
+++ b/src/libfetchers-tests/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ subdir('nix-meson-build-support/deps-lists')
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
   dependency('nix-store-test-support'),
   dependency('nix-fetchers'),
+  dependency('nix-fetchers-c'),
 ]
 deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
 ]
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ subdir('nix-meson-build-support/common')
 sources = files(
   'access-tokens.cc',
   'git-utils.cc',
+  'nix_api_fetchers.cc',
   'public-key.cc',
 )
 
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-tests/nix_api_fetchers.cc b/src/libfetchers-tests/nix_api_fetchers.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f3e6e3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libfetchers-tests/nix_api_fetchers.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "nix_api_fetchers.h"
+#include "nix/store/tests/nix_api_store.hh"
+
+namespace nixC {
+
+TEST_F(nix_api_store_test, nix_api_fetchers_new_free)
+{
+    nix_fetchers_settings * settings = nix_fetchers_settings_new(ctx);
+    assert_ctx_ok();
+    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, settings);
+
+    nix_fetchers_settings_free(settings);
+}
+
+} // namespace nixC
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-tests/package.nix b/src/libfetchers-tests/package.nix
index 6e3581183..48c1a07d8 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers-tests/package.nix
+++ b/src/libfetchers-tests/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   mkMesonExecutable,
 
   nix-fetchers,
+  nix-fetchers-c,
   nix-store-test-support,
 
   libgit2,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ mkMesonExecutable (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     nix-fetchers
+    nix-fetchers-c
     nix-store-test-support
     rapidcheck
     gtest
diff --git a/src/libflake-c/meson.build b/src/libflake-c/meson.build
index 435035b86..5a81618c8 100644
--- a/src/libflake-c/meson.build
+++ b/src/libflake-c/meson.build
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ subdir('nix-meson-build-support/deps-lists')
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
   dependency('nix-util'),
   dependency('nix-store'),
+  dependency('nix-fetchers'),
   dependency('nix-expr'),
   dependency('nix-flake'),
 ]
 deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
   dependency('nix-util-c'),
   dependency('nix-store-c'),
+  dependency('nix-fetchers-c'),
   dependency('nix-expr-c'),
 ]
 subdir('nix-meson-build-support/subprojects')
diff --git a/src/libflake-c/package.nix b/src/libflake-c/package.nix
index 114950852..8c6883d9c 100644
--- a/src/libflake-c/package.nix
+++ b/src/libflake-c/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
   nix-store-c,
   nix-expr-c,
+  nix-fetchers-c,
   nix-flake,
 
   # Configuration Options
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ mkMesonLibrary (finalAttrs: {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     nix-expr-c
     nix-store-c
+    nix-fetchers-c
     nix-flake
   ];