diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 5040433784..3ac3c5bf8c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -1838,6 +1838,39 @@ (define-public texlive-latex-seminar
 21st-century presentation styles.")
     (license license:lppl1.2+)))
 
+(define-public texlive-latex-capt-of
+  (package
+    (name "texlive-latex-capt-of")
+    (version (number->string %texlive-revision))
+    (source (origin
+              (method svn-fetch)
+              (uri (svn-reference
+                    (url (string-append "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/"
+                                        %texlive-tag "/Master/texmf-dist/"
+                                        "/tex/latex/capt-of"))
+                    (revision %texlive-revision)))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1y2s50f6lz0jx2748lj3iy56hrpcczgnbzmvphxv7aqndyyamd4x"))))
+    (build-system trivial-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:modules ((guix build utils))
+       #:builder
+       (begin
+         (use-modules (guix build utils))
+         (let ((target (string-append (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+                                      "/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/capt-of")))
+           (mkdir-p target)
+           (copy-recursively (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source") target)
+           #t))))
+    (home-page "http://www.ctan.org/pkg/capt-of")
+    (synopsis "Captions on more than floats")
+    (description
+     "This package defines a command @code{\\captionof} for putting a caption
+to something that's not a float.")
+    (license license:lppl)))
+
 (define-public texlive-latex-fncychap
   (package
     (name "texlive-latex-fncychap")