diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/eltclsh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/eltclsh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0c8adc047c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/eltclsh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchgit
+, automake
+, autoconf
+, libtool
+, libedit
+, tcl
+, tk
+}:
+
+tcl.mkTclDerivation rec {
+  pname = "eltclsh";
+  version = "1.18";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.openrobots.org/robots/eltclsh.git";
+    rev = "eltclsh-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-C996BJxEoCSpA0x/nSnz4nnmleTIWyzm0imZp/K+Q/o=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    automake
+    autoconf
+    libtool
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libedit
+    tk
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = "NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh";
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-tclshrl"
+    "--enable-wishrl"
+    "--with-tk=${tk}/lib"
+    "--with-includes=${libedit.dev}/include/readline"
+    "--with-libtool=${libtool}"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Interactive shell for the TCL programming language based on editline";
+    homepage = "https://homepages.laas.fr/mallet/soft/shell/eltclsh";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iwanb ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7c6e4be57dce..3f2ffc85683e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15552,6 +15552,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tclreadline = callPackage ../development/interpreters/tclreadline { };
 
+  eltclsh = callPackage ../development/tools/eltclsh { };
+
   trealla = callPackage ../development/interpreters/trealla { };
 
   wapm-cli = callPackage ../tools/package-management/wapm/cli {