diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp-infotheo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp-infotheo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a8bd17628d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/mathcomp-infotheo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ coq, mkCoqDerivation, mathcomp-analysis, lib, version ? null }:
+
+mkCoqDerivation {
+  namePrefix = [ "coq" "mathcomp" ];
+  pname = "infotheo";
+  owner = "affeldt-aist";
+  inherit version;
+  defaultVersion = with lib.versions; lib.switch [ coq.version mathcomp-analysis.version] [
+    { cases = [ (range "8.15" "8.16") (range "0.5.4" "0.6.2") ]; out = "0.5.1"; }
+  ] null;
+  release."0.5.1".sha256 = "sha256-yBBl5l+V+dggsg5KM59Yo9CULKog/xxE8vrW+ZRnX7Y=";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mathcomp-analysis ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Coq formalization of information theory and linear error-correcting codes";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix
index f8e249b7bbbd..e83f18786f1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/coq-packages.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ let
       mathcomp-bigenough = callPackage ../development/coq-modules/mathcomp-bigenough {};
       mathcomp-classical = self.mathcomp-analysis.classical;
       mathcomp-finmap = callPackage ../development/coq-modules/mathcomp-finmap {};
+      mathcomp-infotheo = callPackage ../development/coq-modules/mathcomp-infotheo {};
       mathcomp-real-closed = callPackage ../development/coq-modules/mathcomp-real-closed {};
       mathcomp-tarjan = callPackage ../development/coq-modules/mathcomp-tarjan {};
       mathcomp-word = callPackage ../development/coq-modules/mathcomp-word {};