diff --git a/gnu/packages/serialization.scm b/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
index fd61462776..0c07a6384c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system python)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system r)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages cran)
   #:use-module (gnu packages documentation)
   #:use-module (gnu packages lua)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
-  #:use-module (guix build-system python))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages statistics))
 
 (define-public cereal
   (package
@@ -437,3 +440,25 @@ to generate and parse.  The two primary functions are @code{cbor.loads} and
 C#, C, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, and Python.  It was originally created for
 game development and other performance-critical applications.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
+
+(define-public r-feather
+  (package
+    (name "r-feather")
+    (version "0.3.1")
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (cran-uri "feather" version))
+        (sha256
+         (base32
+          "1q6dbkfnkpnabq8lb6bm9ma44cfcghx2lm23pyk3vg7943wrn1pi"))))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("r-hms" ,r-hms)
+       ("r-rcpp" ,r-rcpp)
+       ("r-tibble" ,r-tibble)))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/wesm/feather")
+    (synopsis "R Bindings to the Feather API")
+    (description "Read and write feather files, a lightweight binary columnar
+daa store designed for maximum speed.")
+    (license license:asl2.0)))