diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/quickjs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/quickjs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23191b0e6d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/quickjs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "quickjs";
+  version = "2019-10-27";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://bellard.org/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0xm16ja3c0k80jy0xkx0f40r44v2lgx2si4dnaw2w7c5nx7cmkai";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=${placeholder ''out''}" ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    PATH="$out/bin:$PATH"
+
+    # Programs exit with code 1 when testing help, so grep for a string
+    set +o pipefail
+    qjs     --help 2>&1 | grep "QuickJS version"
+    qjsbn   --help 2>&1 | grep "QuickJS version"
+    qjscalc --help 2>&1 | grep "QuickJS version"
+    set -o pipefail
+
+    temp=$(mktemp).js
+    echo "console.log('Output from compiled program');" > "$temp"
+    set -o verbose
+    out=$(mktemp) && qjsc         "$temp" -o "$out" && "$out" | grep -q "Output from compiled program"
+    out=$(mktemp) && qjsbnc       "$temp" -o "$out" && "$out" | grep -q "Output from compiled program"
+    out=$(mktemp) && qjsc   -flto "$temp" -o "$out" && "$out" | grep -q "Output from compiled program"
+    out=$(mktemp) && qjsbnc -flto "$temp" -o "$out" && "$out" | grep -q "Output from compiled program"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A small and embeddable Javascript engine";
+    homepage = "https://bellard.org/quickjs/";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ stesie ivan ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 450fb1367871..85e3fa5d23f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5895,6 +5895,8 @@ in
 
   qtikz = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/ktikz { };
 
+  quickjs = callPackage ../development/interpreters/quickjs { };
+
   quickserve = callPackage ../tools/networking/quickserve { };
 
   quicktun = callPackage ../tools/networking/quicktun { };