diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/gsl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/gsl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5922c015dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/gsl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, gsl
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "gsl";
+  version = "2.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1lvfxbqmw8h1nlrxmvrl6j4xffmbzxfhdpxz3vrc6lg2g4jwaa6h";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gsl
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/gsl/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Octave bindings to the GNU Scientific Library";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index ba6e1550b41..e55124a3f6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     geometry = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/geometry { };
 
+    gsl = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/gsl {
+      inherit (pkgs) gsl;
+    };
+
     io = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/io {
       inherit (octave) enableJava;
     };