diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/theft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/theft/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a0110c5f22b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/theft/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.4.3";
+  name = "theft-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "silentbicycle";
+    repo = "theft";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1ibh8np12lafnrsrvjbbzlyq45zq654939x0y22vdnc6s8dpbhw4";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = "patchShebangs ./scripts/mk_bits_lut";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkTarget = "test";
+  
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+  postInstall = "install -m644 vendor/greatest.h $out/include/";
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "A C library for property-based testing";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    homepage = "http://github.com/silentbicycle/theft/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.kquick ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 43d2df104a29..28367446d406 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10791,6 +10791,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tet = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/tet { };
 
+  theft = callPackage ../development/libraries/theft { };
+
   thrift = callPackage ../development/libraries/thrift {
     inherit (pythonPackages) twisted;
   };