diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a81d5a686bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cmake, perl }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
+
+  name = "libtap-${version}";
+  version = "1.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://web-cpan.shlomifish.org/downloads/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1ms1770cx8c6q3lhn1chkzy12vzmjgvlms7cqhd2d3260j2wwv5s";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cmake perl ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A library to implement a test protocol";
+    longDescription = ''
+      libtap is a library to implement the Test Anything Protocol for
+      C originally created by Nik Clayton. This is a maintenance
+      branch by Shlomi Fish.
+    '';
+    homepage = "http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/projects/libtap/";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4ae906c4875..147e89371d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7345,6 +7345,8 @@ let
 
   libtoxcore-dev = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtoxcore/new-api { };
 
+  libtap = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtap { };
+
   libtsm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libtsm {
     automake = automake114x;
   };