diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-persist.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-persist.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1be6684bf44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-persist.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, fetchFromGitHub, gerbil-unstable, gerbil-support, gambit-support }:
+
+gerbil-support.gerbilPackage {
+  pname = "gerbil-persist";
+  version = "unstable-2020-08-02";
+  git-version = "0.0-4-ga3b2bd1";
+  gerbil-package = "clan/persist";
+  gerbil = gerbil-unstable;
+  gerbilInputs = with gerbil-support.gerbilPackages-unstable; [gerbil-utils gerbil-crypto gerbil-poo];
+  buildInputs = [];
+  gambit-params = gambit-support.unstable-params;
+  version-path = "version";
+  softwareName = "Gerbil-persist";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fare";
+    repo = "gerbil-persist";
+    rev = "a3b2bd104612db0e4492737f09f72adea6684483";
+    sha256 = "0mc01wva26ww1i7n8naa95mfw7i6lj8qg0bwsik7gb3dsj2acjvh";
+  };
+  meta = {
+    description = "Gerbil Persist: Persistent data and activities";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/fare/gerbil-persist";
+    license     = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fare ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix
index 09756697f37..311dc348b89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ rec {
     gerbil-utils = callPackage ./gerbil-utils.nix { };
     gerbil-crypto = callPackage ./gerbil-crypto.nix { };
     gerbil-poo = callPackage ./gerbil-poo.nix { };
+    gerbil-persist = callPackage ./gerbil-persist.nix { };
   };
 
   # Use this function in any package that uses Gerbil libraries, to define the GERBIL_LOADPATH.