diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/doctest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/doctest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c02a20cdad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/doctest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "doctest";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0hh9izj9ds69bmrvmmj16fd1c4z7733h50c7isl8f714srw26kf4";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/doctest/index.html";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Find and run example code within documentation";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Find and run example code within documentation. Formatted blocks
+      of example code are extracted from documentation files and executed
+      to confirm their output is correct. This can be part of a testing
+      framework or simply to ensure that documentation stays up-to-date
+      during software development.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 832f08ba969e..b8ff9a87b021 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     divand = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/divand { };
 
+    doctest = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/doctest { };
+
     general = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/general {
       nettle = pkgs.nettle;
     };