diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ciao/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ciao/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be39d81f5581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ciao/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "ciao";
+  version = "1.19.0";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ciao-lang";
+    repo = "ciao";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "03qzcb4ivgkiwdpw7a94dn74xqyxjwz5ilrr53rcblsh5ng299jp";
+  };
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    ./ciao-boot.sh configure --instype=global --prefix=$prefix
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    ./ciao-boot.sh build
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ./ciao-boot.sh install
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://ciao-lang.org/";
+    description = "A general purpose, multi-paradigm programming language in the Prolog family";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ suhr ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bbcdaf3a5a73..57043e74fafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8011,6 +8011,8 @@ in
 
   bluespec = callPackage ../development/compilers/bluespec { };
 
+  ciao = callPackage ../development/compilers/ciao { };
+
   colm = callPackage ../development/compilers/colm { };
 
   colmap = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/misc/colmap { };