diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/critcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/critcl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5caf63d9dba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/critcl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, tcl
+, tcllib
+}:
+
+tcl.mkTclDerivation rec {
+  pname = "critcl";
+  version = "3.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "andreas-kupries";
+    repo = "critcl";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-IxScn9ZTlqD9mG9VJLG+TtplLFhhahOiFhQCjxp22Uk=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    tcl
+    tcllib
+  ];
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    HOME="$(mktemp -d)" tclsh ./build.tcl test
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    tclsh ./build.tcl install --prefix $out
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Easily embed C code in Tcl";
+    homepage = "https://andreas-kupries.github.io/critcl/";
+    license = licenses.tcltk;
+    mainProgram = "critcl";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 908f0f608fdc..aefe2773f334 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15752,6 +15752,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   };
 
+  critcl = callPackage ../development/compilers/critcl { };
+
   inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/compilers/crystal { })
     crystal_1_2
     crystal_1_7