diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff03897edb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, glib, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, libgsystem, fetchgit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2016.1";
+  name = "gnome-desktop-testing-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-desktop-testing;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "18qhmsab6jc01qrfzjx8m4799gbs72c4jg830mp0p865rcbl68dc";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ glib libgsystem ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GNOME OSTree testing code";
+    homepage = https://live.gnome.org/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/InstalledTests;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.jtojnar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fd308bcf483..6adae36be2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7613,6 +7613,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gnome_doc_utils = callPackage ../development/tools/documentation/gnome-doc-utils {};
 
+  gnome-desktop-testing = callPackage ../development/tools/gnome-desktop-testing {};
+
   gnum4 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gnum4 { };
 
   gnumake382 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/gnumake/3.82 { };