diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index d7c196376cb0..9151975bec75 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -147,6 +147,32 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  emacsql-sqlite = melpaBuild rec {
+    pname = "emacsql-sqlite";
+    ename = "emacsql-sqlite";
+    version = "20180128.1252";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "skeeto";
+      repo = "emacsql";
+      rev = "62d39157370219a1680265fa593f90ccd51457da";
+      sha256 = "0ghl3g8n8wlw8rnmgbivlrm99wcwn93bv8flyalzs0z9j7p7fdq9";
+    };
+    recipe = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milkypostman/melpa/3cfa28c7314fa57fa9a3aaaadf9ef83f8ae541a9/recipes/emacsql-sqlite";
+      sha256 = "1y81nabzzb9f7b8azb9giy23ckywcbrrg4b88gw5qyjizbb3h70x";
+      name = "recipe";
+    };
+    preBuild = ''
+      cd sqlite
+      make
+    '';
+    packageRequires = [ emacs emacsql ];
+    meta = {
+      homepage = "https://melpa.org/#/emacsql-sqlite";
+      license = lib.licenses.free;
+    };
+  };
+
   elpy = melpaBuild rec {
     pname   = "elpy";
     version = external.elpy.version;