diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index 090942371d7..4b5e118a319 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, pkgconfig, makeWrapper, python27, retroarch
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fetchFromGitLab, cmake, pkgconfig, makeWrapper, python27, retroarch
 , alsaLib, fluidsynth, curl, hidapi, mesa, gettext, glib, gtk2, portaudio, SDL
 , ffmpeg, pcre, libevdev, libpng, libjpeg, libudev, libvorbis
 , miniupnpc, sfml, xorg, zlib }:
@@ -215,6 +215,21 @@ in with stdenv.lib.licenses;
     license = "Non-commercial";
   };
 
+  higan-sfc = (mkLibRetroCore rec {
+    core = "higan-sfc";
+    src = fetchFromGitLab {
+      owner = "higan";
+      repo = "higan";
+      rev = "d3f592013a27cb78f17d84f90a6be6cf6f6af1d1";
+      sha256 = "19d4cbwg8d085xq5lmql4v5l4ckgwqzc59ha5yfgv3w4qfp4dmij";
+    };
+    description = "Accurate SNES / Super Famicom emulator";
+    license = gpl3;
+  }).override {
+    makefile = "GNUmakefile";
+    buildPhase = "cd higan && make compiler=g++ target=libretro binary=library && cd out";
+  };
+
   mame = (mkLibRetroCore {
     core = "mame";
     src = fetchRetro {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9f1750b2b10..fc1c05e6a4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18128,6 +18128,7 @@ with pkgs;
       ++ optional (cfg.enableFceumm or false) fceumm
       ++ optional (cfg.enableGambatte or false) gambatte
       ++ optional (cfg.enableGenesisPlusGX or false) genesis-plus-gx
+      ++ optional (cfg.enableHiganSFC or false) higan-sfc
       ++ optional (cfg.enableMAME or false) mame
       ++ optional (cfg.enableMGBA or false) mgba
       ++ optional (cfg.enableMupen64Plus or false) mupen64plus