diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/econometrics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/econometrics/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0aa795959ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/econometrics/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, optim
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "econometrics";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1srx78k90ycla7yisa9h593n9l8br31lsdxlspra8sxiyq0sbk72";
+  };
+
+  requiredOctavePackages = [
+    optim
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/econometrics/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Econometrics functions including MLE and GMM based techniques";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index b8ff9a87b02..c5a82516c06 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     doctest = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/doctest { };
 
+    econometrics = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/econometrics { };
+
     general = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/general {
       nettle = pkgs.nettle;
     };