diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 5dc66c1625..91a440d928 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2017 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Sassmannshausen <alex@pompo.co>
@@ -281,6 +281,21 @@ without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
                                                ;  when heavily loaded)
     (replacement #f)))
 
+(define-public guile-2.2.2
+  ;; Keep it so that, when 'guix' runs on 2.2.2, 'guix pull' compiles objects
+  ;; with 2.2.2, thereby avoiding the ABI incompatibility issues described in
+  ;; <https://bugs.gnu.org/29570>.
+  (package
+    (inherit guile-2.2)
+    (version "2.2.2")
+    (source (origin
+              (inherit (package-source guile-2.2))
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/guile/guile-" version
+                                  ".tar.xz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1azm25zcmxif0skxfrp11d2wc89nrzpjaann9yxdw6pvjxhs948w"))))))
+
 (define-public guile-next
   (deprecated-package "guile-next" guile-2.2))