diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 50c7f96b82c..7062341faff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -11217,6 +11217,19 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  SpreadsheetWriteExcel = buildPerlPackage rec {
+    name = "Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.40";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/J/JM/JMCNAMARA/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "e356aad6866cf135731268ee0e979a197443c15a04878e9cf3e80d022ad6c07e";
+    };
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ OLEStorage_Lite ParseRecDescent ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Write to a cross platform Excel binary file";
+      license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
+    };
+  };
+
   SQLAbstract = buildPerlPackage rec {
     name = "SQL-Abstract-1.81";
     src = fetchurl {