diff --git a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
index c57d90f5ac..feb9868d5f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/graphics.scm
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages imagemagick)
   #:use-module (gnu packages jemalloc)
   #:use-module (gnu packages multiprecision)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages networking)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pdf)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages photo)
@@ -1067,6 +1068,63 @@ performance subdivision surface (subdiv) evaluation on massively parallel CPU
 and GPU architectures.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+(define-public gr
+  (package
+    (name "gr")
+    (version "0.41.4")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url (string-append
+                          "https://github.com/jheinen/" name))
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1r3f0vqw85i9g3awzfh20zzjcc71h8r7nld2qv4rmqf3gigck2kr"))
+              (modules '((guix build utils)))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:parallel-build? #f             ; fails when parallel
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (delete 'configure)
+         (delete 'check)
+         (delete 'validate-runpath)
+         (add-before 'build 'fix-zeromq
+           (lambda _
+             ;; remove prerequisites from targets (we already have zmq)
+             (substitute* "lib/gks/Makefile"
+               (("targets: prerequisites libGKS.a") "targets: libGKS.a"))
+             #t))
+         (add-before 'build 'fix-gks-install
+           (lambda _
+             ;; fonts and header has already been copied, override is needed
+             (substitute* "lib/gks/Makefile"
+               (("cp -a fonts") "cp -af fonts"))
+              (substitute* "lib/gks/Makefile"
+               (("cp -p gks.h") "cp -pf gks.h"))
+             #t)))
+       #:make-flags
+       (list "CC=gcc"
+             (string-append "GRDIR=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))))
+    (inputs
+     `(("qt" ,qtbase)
+       ("zmq" ,zeromq)
+       ("czmq" ,czmq)
+       ("cairo" ,cairo)
+       ("glfw" ,glfw)
+       ("libtiff" ,libtiff)
+       ("x11" ,libx11)
+       ("xt" ,libxt)))
+    (home-page "https://gr-framework.org")
+    (synopsis "Universal framework for cross-platform visualization
+applications")
+    (description "Offers developers a compact, portable and consistent
+graphics library for their programs.  Applications range from publication
+quality 2D graphs to the representation of complex 3D scenes.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
 (define-public opencsg
   (let ((dot-to-dash (lambda (c) (if (char=? c #\.) #\- c))))
     (package