diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctypes_sh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctypes_sh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e12afd95ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctypes_sh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
+, zlib, libffi, elfutils, libdwarf
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "ctypes.sh";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "taviso";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "07rqbdxw33h92mllh0srymjjx52mddafs3jyzqpsflq3v0l0dk37";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib libffi elfutils libdwarf ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A foreign function interface for bash";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/taviso/ctypes.sh";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tadeokondrak ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 671255daa15e..f5ca60217452 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10144,6 +10144,8 @@ in
 
   cryptominisat = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/cryptominisat { };
 
+  ctypes_sh = callPackage ../development/libraries/ctypes_sh { };
+
   curlcpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/curlcpp { };
 
   curlpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/curlpp { };