diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index 4c2ab794b6..e784a9ea13 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Federico Beffa <beffa@fbengineering.ch>
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 humanitiesNerd <catonano@gmail.com>
@@ -1734,6 +1734,27 @@ evaluated in the browser, just like Emacs does with an inferior Lisp process
 in Lisp modes.")
     (license license:unlicense)))
 
+(define-public emacs-stripe-buffer
+  (package
+    (name "emacs-stripe-buffer")
+    (version "0.2.5")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://github.com/sabof/stripe-buffer/"
+                           "archive/" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "1p515dq7raly5hw94kiwm3vzsfih0d8af622q4ipvvljsm98aiik"))))
+    (build-system emacs-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/sabof/stripe-buffer/")
+    (synopsis "Add stripes to list buffers")
+    (description
+     "This Emacs package adds faces to add stripes to list buffers and org
+tables.")
+    (license license:gpl2+)))
+
 (define-public emacs-rich-minority
   (package
     (name "emacs-rich-minority")