diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix
index ef1a110f8e74..89539850163e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 , ps
 , bats
 , lsof
+, callPackages
+, symlinkJoin
+, makeWrapper
+, runCommand
 , doInstallCheck ? true
 }:
 
@@ -105,6 +109,52 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
     };
   };
 
+  passthru.libraries = callPackages ./libraries.nix {};
+
+  passthru.withLibraries = selector:
+    symlinkJoin {
+      name = "bats-with-libraries-${bats.version}";
+
+      paths = [
+        bats
+      ] ++ selector bats.libraries;
+
+      nativeBuildInputs = [
+        makeWrapper
+      ];
+
+      postBuild = ''
+        wrapProgram "$out/bin/bats" \
+          --suffix BATS_LIB_PATH : "$out/share/bats"
+      '';
+    };
+
+  passthru.tests.libraries = runCommand "${bats.name}-with-libraries-test" {
+    testScript = ''
+      setup() {
+        bats_load_library bats-support
+        bats_load_library bats-assert
+
+        bats_require_minimum_version 1.5.0
+      }
+
+      @test echo_hi {
+        run -0 echo hi
+        assert_output "hi"
+      }
+
+      @test cp_failure {
+        run ! cp
+        assert_line --index 0 "cp: missing file operand"
+        assert_line --index 1 "Try 'cp --help' for more information."
+      }
+    '';
+    passAsFile = [ "testScript" ];
+  } ''
+    ${bats.withLibraries (p: [ p.bats-support p.bats-assert ])}/bin/bats "$testScriptPath"
+    touch "$out"
+  '';
+
   passthru.tests.upstream = bats.unresholved.overrideAttrs (old: {
     name = "${bats.name}-tests";
     dontInstall = true; # just need the build directory
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/libraries.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/libraries.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74324b03e6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/libraries.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }: {
+  bats-assert = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "bats-assert";
+    version = "2.0.0";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "bats-core";
+      repo = "bats-assert";
+      rev = "v2.0.0";
+      sha256 = "sha256-whSbAj8Xmnqclf78dYcjf1oq099ePtn4XX9TUJ9AlyQ=";
+    };
+    dontBuild = true;
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p "$out/share/bats"
+      cp -r . "$out/share/bats/bats-assert"
+    '';
+    meta = {
+      description = "Common assertions for Bats";
+      platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+      homepage = "https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert";
+      license = lib.licenses.cc0;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ infinisil ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  bats-file = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "bats-file";
+    version = "0.3.0";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "bats-core";
+      repo = "bats-file";
+      rev = "v0.3.0";
+      sha256 = "sha256-3xevy0QpwNZrEe+2IJq58tKyxQzYx8cz6dD2nz7fYUM=";
+    };
+    dontBuild = true;
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p "$out/share/bats"
+      cp -r . "$out/share/bats/bats-file"
+    '';
+    meta = {
+      description = "Common filesystem assertions for Bats";
+      platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+      homepage = "https://github.com/bats-core/bats-file";
+      license = lib.licenses.cc0;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ infinisil ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  bats-support = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "bats-support";
+    version = "0.3.0";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "bats-core";
+      repo = "bats-support";
+      rev = "v0.3.0";
+      sha256 = "sha256-4N7XJS5XOKxMCXNC7ef9halhRpg79kUqDuRnKcrxoeo=";
+    };
+    dontBuild = true;
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p "$out/share/bats"
+      cp -r . "$out/share/bats/bats-support"
+    '';
+    meta = {
+      description = "Supporting library for Bats test helpers";
+      platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+      homepage = "https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support";
+      license = lib.licenses.cc0;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ infinisil ];
+    };
+  };
+}