diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/datatypes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/datatypes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44c4242e3a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/datatypes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  buildOctavePackage,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "datatypes";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pr0m1th3as";
+    repo = "datatypes";
+    tag = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-0RhZm/UzICbAAn1uCSQSgq8+6GnOuTB6TD9NoIEdvXA=";
+  };
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version-regex=release-(.*)" ]; };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/datatypes/";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Extra data types for GNU Octave";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
index 290df7cb3873..cc9225a3474d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
@@ -3,21 +3,23 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   io,
+  datatypes,
 }:
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "statistics";
-  version = "1.8.0";
+  version = "1.8.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gnu-octave";
     repo = "statistics";
     tag = "release-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-4nwkrnYaFdBkLLbIUJX0U4tytHrSIKltWu7Srx43K5g=";
+    hash = "sha256-5wUQLIMr1X07Yi4AANBFjd0izDzGNsI5ccY7IherB3I=";
   };
 
   requiredOctavePackages = [
     io
+    datatypes
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 2a779ccac1d2..e9a8a13608ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ makeScope newScope (
 
     dataframe = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/dataframe { };
 
+    datatypes = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/datatypes { };
+
     dicom = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/dicom { };
 
     divand = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/divand { };