diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 24b5ee4c29..7f3fcae07e 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/jrnl.scm				\
   %D%/packages/jose.scm				\
   %D%/packages/julia.scm			\
+  %D%/packages/kawa.scm				\
   %D%/packages/kde.scm				\
   %D%/packages/kde-frameworks.scm		\
   %D%/packages/kde-plasma.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/kawa.scm b/gnu/packages/kawa.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5771eeda8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/kawa.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Carlo Zancanaro <carlo@zancanaro.id.au>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; 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 kawa)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages java))
+
+(define-public kawa
+  (package
+    (name "kawa")
+    (version "3.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/kawa/kawa-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "1k9qpydc64ar4aqyg3q7jmmxy503ayj85227qfhc5n6ngchqavhy"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:parallel-build? #f
+       #:parallel-tests? #f))
+    (inputs
+     `(("icedtea" ,icedtea-8 "jdk")))
+    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/")
+    (synopsis "Java framework and implementation of Scheme, Elisp, and more")
+    (description
+     "GNU Kawa is an implementation of the Scheme programming language that
+is built on top of the Java platform.  It is thus conveniently integrated
+with Java and benefits from this by having a compiler, optional static
+typing, and so on.  Kawa also serves as a framework for implementing other
+programming languages on the Java platform.  Included in Kawa is qexo, a
+partial implementation of XQuery in Java.")
+    (license license:expat)))