diff --git a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
index 5e6e81e65e..53ae581a7e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages graphics)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
   #:use-module (gnu packages video)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls))
@@ -1889,3 +1890,46 @@ implemented in Julia Base: @code{get}, @code{eltype}, @code{convert},
 @code{promote}, @code{show}, @code{map}, @code{broadcast}, @code{filter},
 @code{isequal}, @code{isless} and @code{hash}.")
     (license license:expat)))
+
+(define-public julia-specialfunctions
+  (package
+    (name "julia-specialfunctions")
+    (version "0.8.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/JuliaMath/SpecialFunctions.jl")
+             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+       (file-name "SpecialFunctions")
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "05kz4x06wcp785ivy8v6z69qcfxsjw86npf52xjic9a8rnnlcqj4"))))
+    (propagated-inputs `(("julia-bindeps" ,julia-bindeps)
+                         ("julia-binaryprovider" ,julia-binaryprovider)
+                         ("openspecfun" ,openspecfun)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'precompile 'build-deps
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs source inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let ((f (open-file
+                       (string-append
+                        (assoc-ref outputs "out")
+                        "/share/julia/packages/"
+                        (string-append
+                         (strip-store-file-name source) "/deps/deps.jl"))
+                       "w")))
+               (display (string-append "const openspecfun = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "openspecfun")
+                                       "/lib/libopenspecfun.so\"\n") f)
+               (display "check_deps() = true\n" f)
+               (close-port f))
+             #t)))))
+    (build-system julia-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://juliamath.github.io/SpecialFunctions.jl/stable/")
+    (synopsis "Special mathematical functions in Julia")
+    (description "Special mathematical functions in Julia, including Bessel,
+Hankel, Airy, error, Dawson, sine and cosine integrals, eta, zeta, digamma,
+inverse digamma, trigamma, and polygamma functions. Most of these functions
+were formerly part of Base in early versions of Julia.")
+    (license license:expat)))