diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index ecb597cfc973..c50981930182 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ lib.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
     inherit (pkgs) codeium;
   };
 
+  elpaca = callPackage ./manual-packages/elpaca { inherit (pkgs) git; };
+
   lsp-bridge = callPackage ./manual-packages/lsp-bridge {
     inherit (pkgs)
       basedpyright
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elpaca/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elpaca/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caf2d4a2c8bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elpaca/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  melpaBuild,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  git,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+  lib,
+}:
+
+melpaBuild {
+  pname = "elpaca";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-01-25";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "progfolio";
+    repo = "elpaca";
+    rev = "db2fd7258ff69fe2d100888cb8d92cf3bf94d465";
+    hash = "sha256-SseY0iU3D3cloKZy6xPp8QT0H1Cu2uGiiVG6rXq/UHg=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ git ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/progfolio/elpaca";
+    description = "Elisp package manager";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ abhisheksingh0x558 ];
+  };
+}