diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d71d1c4efc..3d494ba9a3 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/nettle.scm			\
   %D%/packages/networking.scm			\
   %D%/packages/nfs.scm                          \
+  %D%/packages/nickle.scm                       \
   %D%/packages/ninja.scm			\
   %D%/packages/node.scm				\
   %D%/packages/noweb.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/nickle.scm b/gnu/packages/nickle.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1312aecbbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/nickle.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2016 ng0 <ngillmann@runbox.com>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages nickle)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages readline)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix packages))
+
+(define-public nickle
+  (package
+    (name "nickle")
+    (version "2.77")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://nickle.org/release/nickle-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0rhij7cn1zkn8wzxyjkamz9fs262zyg80p6v6i864hdalg4plpm3"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("readline" ,readline)))
+    (synopsis "Numeric oriented programming language")
+    (description
+     "Nickle is a programming language based prototyping environment with
+powerful programming and scripting capabilities.  Nickle supports a variety of
+datatypes, especially arbitrary precision numbers.  The programming language
+vaguely resembles C.  Some things in C which do not translate easily are
+different, some design choices have been made differently, and a very few
+features are simply missing.  Nickle provides the functionality of Unix bc, dc
+and expr in a different form.  It is also an ideal environment for prototyping
+complex algorithms.  Nickle's scripting capabilities make it a replacement for
+spreadsheets in some applications, and its numeric features complement the
+limited numeric functionality of text-oriented languages such as AWK and Perl.")
+    (home-page "https://nickle.org/")
+    (license license:expat)))