diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/tinyscheme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/tinyscheme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2c5fd938cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/tinyscheme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tinyscheme-${version}";
+  version = "1.41";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/tinyscheme/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "168rk4zrlhsknbvldq2jsgabpwlqkx6la44gkqmijmf7jhs11h7a";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace scheme.c --replace "init.scm" "$out/lib/init.scm"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib
+    cp init.scm $out/lib
+    cp scheme $out/bin/tinyscheme
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Lightweight Scheme implementation";
+    longDescription = ''
+      TinyScheme is a lightweight Scheme interpreter that implements as large a
+      subset of R5RS as was possible without getting very large and complicated.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://tinyscheme.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ebzzry ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29f8a70204dd..b15f3ac79f5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7578,6 +7578,8 @@ in
 
   tinycc = callPackage ../development/compilers/tinycc { };
 
+  tinyscheme = callPackage ../development/interpreters/tinyscheme { };
+
   inherit (ocaml-ng.ocamlPackages_4_02) trv;
 
   bupc = callPackage ../development/compilers/bupc { };