diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index f502a8586b..5199d0c4f1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Sou Bunnbu <iyzsong@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <david@craven.ch>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
@@ -1201,6 +1201,37 @@ and B+ Tree data storage models.  It is a fast key-value lightweight
 database and supports many programming languages.  It is a NoSQL database.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
+(define-public tokyocabinet
+  (package
+    (name "tokyocabinet")
+    (version "1.4.48")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "http://fallabs.com/tokyocabinet/"
+                           name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "140zvr0n8kvsl0fbn2qn3f2kh3yynfwnizn4dgbj47m975yg80x0"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags
+       (list "--enable-pthread" "--enable-off64" "--enable-fastest"
+        (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath="
+                       (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib"))))
+    (inputs
+     `(("zlib" ,zlib)))
+    (home-page "http://fallabs.com/tokyocabinet/")
+    (synopsis "Tokyo Cabinet is a modern implementation of the DBM database")
+    (description
+     "Tokyo Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database.
+The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a
+key and a value.  Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length.
+Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value.
+There is neither concept of data tables nor data types.  Records are
+organized in hash table, B+ tree, or fixed-length array.")
+    (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+
 (define-public wiredtiger
   (package
     (name "wiredtiger")