diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0b59f8901c..42832db54f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ MODULES =					\
   distro/packages/bdw-gc.scm			\
   distro/packages/bison.scm			\
   distro/packages/bootstrap.scm			\
+  distro/packages/check.scm			\
   distro/packages/compression.scm		\
   distro/packages/cpio.scm			\
   distro/packages/ddrescue.scm			\
diff --git a/distro/packages/check.scm b/distro/packages/check.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f997262c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/packages/check.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of Guix.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (distro packages check)
+  #:use-module (distro)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public check
+  (package
+    (name "check")
+    (version "0.9.9")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/check/"
+                          version "/check-" version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "1jcahzrvxcnp5chdn2x46l0y4aba8d8yd70lljfin7h5knxrlyhs"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (home-page "http://check.sourceforge.net/")
+    (synopsis
+     "Check, a unit testing framework for C")
+    (description
+     "Check is a unit testing framework for C. It features a simple
+interface for defining unit tests, putting little in the way of the
+developer.  Tests are run in a separate address space, so Check can
+catch both assertion failures and code errors that cause segmentation
+faults or other signals. The output from unit tests can be used within
+source code editors and IDEs.")
+    (license lgpl2.1+)))