diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 7fc46d6b43..2dfd5afd34 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ F:	package/ncdu/
 N:	Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@collins.com>
 F:	board/freescale/ls1046a-frwy/
 F:	configs/ls1046a-frwy_defconfig
+F:	package/bats-assert/
 F:	package/bats-support/
 F:	package/python-pysensors/
 F:	package/qoriq-fm-ucode/
diff --git a/package/bats-assert/Config.in b/package/bats-assert/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8768331c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/bats-assert/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BATS_ASSERT
+	bool "bats-assert"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BATS_SUPPORT # runtime
+	help
+	  bats-assert is a helper library providing common assertions
+	  for Bats.
+
+	  In the context of this project, an assertion is a function
+	  that perform a test and returns 1 on failure or 0 on success.
+	  To make debugging easier, the assertion also outputs relevant
+	  information on failure. The output is formatted for
+	  readability. To make assertions usable outside of @test
+	  blocks, the output is sent to stderr.
+
+	  https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert
diff --git a/package/bats-assert/bats-assert.hash b/package/bats-assert/bats-assert.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94c3908ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/bats-assert/bats-assert.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Locally calculated
+sha256  98ca3b685f8b8993e48ec057565e6e2abcc541034ed5b0e81f191505682037fd  bats-assert-2.1.0.tar.gz
+
+# License files
+sha256  36ffd9dc085d529a7e60e1276d73ae5a030b020313e6c5408593a6ae2af39673  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/bats-assert/bats-assert.mk b/package/bats-assert/bats-assert.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0e37e0048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/bats-assert/bats-assert.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# bats-assert
+#
+################################################################################
+
+BATS_ASSERT_VERSION = 2.1.0
+BATS_ASSERT_SITE = $(call github,bats-core,bats-assert,v$(BATS_ASSERT_VERSION))
+BATS_ASSERT_LICENSE = CC0-1.0
+BATS_ASSERT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+define BATS_ASSERT_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/bats/bats-assert/src
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(@D)/*.bash -t $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/bats/bats-assert
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(@D)/src/*.bash -t $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/bats/bats-assert/src
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/package/bats-core/Config.in b/package/bats-core/Config.in
index 7ba119a412..d7c0a13b1f 100644
--- a/package/bats-core/Config.in
+++ b/package/bats-core/Config.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BATS_CORE
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BATS_CORE
 
+source "package/bats-assert/Config.in"
 source "package/bats-support/Config.in"
 
 endif