diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/communications/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/communications/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..492c837255f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/communications/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, signal
+, hdf5
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "communications";
+  version = "1.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1xay2vjyadv3ja8dmqqzm2his8s0rvidz23nq1c2yl3xh1gavyck";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    hdf5
+  ];
+
+  requiredOctavePackages = [
+    signal
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/communications/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = " Digital Communications, Error Correcting Codes (Channel Code), Source Code functions, Modulation and Galois Fields";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index d289877b487..a6d3844fd25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     cgi = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/cgi { };
 
-    communications = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/communications {
-      hdf5 = pkgs.hdf5;
-    };
+    communications = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/communications { };
 
     control = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/control { };