diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liberfa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liberfa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..097b0b85e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liberfa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "erfa";
+  version = "1.7.0";
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "liberfa";
+    repo = "erfa";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1z4k2phrw6wwi0kax6ac80jk9c036gi7pmhmg6gaf3lk81k6xz2r";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-shared" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Essential Routines for Fundamental Astronomy";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/liberfa/erfa";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mir06 ];
+    license = {
+      url = "https://github.com/liberfa/erfa/blob/master/LICENSE";
+      free = true;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d71a039199c..0c72c8daa8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4670,6 +4670,8 @@ in
 
   libepc = callPackage ../development/libraries/libepc { };
 
+  liberfa = callPackage ../development/libraries/liberfa { };
+
   libestr = callPackage ../development/libraries/libestr { };
 
   libevdev = callPackage ../development/libraries/libevdev { };