diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68edfca25a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/alcotest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, buildOcaml, fetchurl, ounit, re, cmdliner}:
+
+buildOcaml rec {
+  name = "alcotest";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/samoht/alcotest/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "a0e6c9a33c59b206ecc949655fa6e17bdd1078c8b610b14d8f6f0f1b489b0b43";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ounit re cmdliner ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/samoht/alcotest;
+    description = "A lightweight and colourful test framework";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ericbmerritt ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ad7cd690723c..f14bf3c22ad0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4043,6 +4043,8 @@ let
 
     acgtk = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/acgtk { };
 
+    alcotest = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/alcotest {};
+
     ansiterminal = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/ansiterminal { };
 
     asn1-combinators = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/asn1-combinators { };