diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/check/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/check/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d04f8c8e750a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/check/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+let version = "0.9.8"; in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "check-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/check/${version}/check-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0zvak7vx0zq344x174yg9vkw6fg9kycda15zlbz4yn07pdbgkb42";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Check, a unit testing framework for C";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' Check is a unit testing framework for C.  It features a simple
+         interface for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the
+         developer.  Tests are run in a separate address space, so Check can
+         catch both assertion failures and code errors that cause
+         segmentation faults or other signals.  The output from unit tests
+         can be used within source code editors and IDEs.
+      '';
+
+    homepage = http://check.sourceforge.net/;
+
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d0992d46412..24a8c9ca3cc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2601,6 +2601,8 @@ let
 
   ccrtp = callPackage ../development/libraries/ccrtp { };
 
+  check = callPackage ../development/libraries/check { };
+
   chipmunk = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/libraries/chipmunk) {
     inherit cmake freeglut mesa;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 xproto inputproto libXi libXmu;