diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index dfe3ff5fc3..9684d949f6 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/bash.scm				\
   %D%/packages/bdw-gc.scm			\
   %D%/packages/benchmark.scm			\
+  %D%/packages/bioconductor.scm			\
   %D%/packages/bioinformatics.scm		\
   %D%/packages/bittorrent.scm			\
   %D%/packages/bison.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f557dce8e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioconductor.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;;
+;;; 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 bioconductor)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system r)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages))
+
+(define-public r-hpar
+  (package
+    (name "r-hpar")
+    (version "1.20.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (bioconductor-uri "hpar" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0s5v79mgxdx862v1jrdf5pdap81nz5vjx25ni8s3sl97ldckf6j8"))))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://bioconductor.org/packages/hpar/")
+    (synopsis "Human Protein Atlas in R")
+    (description "This package provides a simple interface to and data from
+the Human Protein Atlas project.")
+    (license license:artistic2.0)))