diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index 4b4abfc6f300..99f97b173260 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ in
 
   helm-words = callPackage ./manual-packages/helm-words { };
 
+  icicles = callPackage ./manual-packages/icicles { };
+
   idris2-mode = callPackage ./manual-packages/idris2-mode { };
 
   isearch-plus = callPackage ./manual-packages/isearch-plus { };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/icicles/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/icicles/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59b584d9f9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/icicles/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+}:
+
+melpaBuild {
+  pname = "icicles";
+  version = "0-unstable-2023-07-27";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "emacsmirror";
+    repo = "icicles";
+    rev = "dfc1d9caf1b5156567292c9548547a2975a841bc";
+    hash = "sha256-Xbt0D9EgmvN1hDTeLbdxq1ARHObj8M4GfH2sbFILRTI=";
+  };
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles";
+    description = "Emacs library that enhances minibuffer completion";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+  };
+}