diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libhighscore/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libhighscore/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitLab,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  glib,
+  vala,
+  gobject-introspection,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "libhighscore";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-06";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
+    owner = "alicem";
+    repo = "libhighscore";
+    rev = "6920d96b440ccfc070fc87c39c51beab8ac053bd";
+    hash = "sha256-JXfPLPHA3HwXRG6sT/5TSMbtU+BqBh/+ZVrzJxW0xLg=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    glib # For glib-mkenums
+    gobject-introspection # For g-ir-scanner
+    vala # For vapigen
+  ];
+
+  # In highscore-1.pc
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    glib
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+    hardcodeZeroVersion = true;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Interface for porting emulators to Highscore";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/alicem/libhighscore";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      chuangzhu
+      aleksana
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}