diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/tapview/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/tapview/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..966df4bed65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/tapview/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ asciidoctor
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, lib
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "tapview";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ asciidoctor ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "esr";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-inrxICNglZU/tup+YnHaDiVss32K2OXht/7f8lOZI4g=";
+  };
+
+  # Remove unecessary `echo` checks: `/bin/echo` fails, and `echo -n` works as expected.
+  patches = [ ./dont_check_echo.patch ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A minimalist pure consumer for TAP (Test Anything Protocol)";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/esr/tapview";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pamplemousse ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/tapview/dont_check_echo.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/tapview/dont_check_echo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b12adb84c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/tapview/dont_check_echo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/tapview b/tapview
+index ad6a33a66d1..4cf9545d42f 100644
+--- a/tapview
++++ b/tapview
+@@ -13,21 +13,6 @@
+ #
+ # This is version 1.1
+ # A newer version may be available at https://gitlab.com/esr/tapview
+-#
+-# POSIX allows but does not mandate that -n suppresses emission of a
+-# trailing newline in echo. Thus, some shell builtin echos don't do
+-# that.  Cope gracefully.
+-# shellcheck disable=SC2039
+-if [ "$(echo -n "a"; echo "b")" != "ab" ]
+-then
+-    ECHO="echo"
+-elif [ "$(/bin/echo -n "a"; /bin/echo "b")" = "ab" ]
+-then
+-    ECHO="/bin/echo"
+-else
+-    echo "tapview: bailing out, your echo lacks -n support."
+-    exit 3
+-fi
+ 
+ OK="."
+ FAIL="F"
+@@ -37,7 +22,7 @@ TODO_OK="u"
+ 
+ ship_char() {
+     # shellcheck disable=SC2039
+-    "${ECHO}" -n "$1"
++    echo -n "$1"
+ }
+ 
+ ship_line() {
+@@ -155,7 +140,7 @@ do
+     fi
+ done
+ 
+-/bin/echo ""
++echo ""
+ 
+ if [ -z "$expect" ]
+ then
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index de4a6e716d99..52a770b40e5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ in
 
   pkger = callPackage ../development/libraries/pkger { };
 
+  tapview = callPackage ../development/tools/tapview { };
+
   run = callPackage ../development/tools/run { };
 
   mod = callPackage ../development/tools/mod { };