diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/parallel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/parallel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ea1d4d9df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/parallel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, struct
+, gnutls
+, pkg-config
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "parallel";
+  version = "4.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0wmpak01rsccrnb8is7fsjdlxw15157sqyf9s2fabr16yykfmvi8";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gnutls
+  ];
+
+  requiredOctavePackages = [
+    struct
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/parallel/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Parallel execution package";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 17ed4fe2210..9b319c06ae0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     optiminterp = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/optiminterp { };
 
+    parallel = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/parallel { };
+
     signal = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/signal { };
 
     symbolic = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/symbolic {