diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index 8c4028f586d5..199939aa498f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -268,14 +268,7 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self: rec {
 
   vecx = self.callPackage ./cores/vecx.nix {  };
 
-  virtualjaguar = mkLibretroCore {
-    core = "virtualjaguar";
-    makefile = "Makefile";
-    meta = {
-      description = "Port of VirtualJaguar to libretro";
-      license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
-    };
-  };
+  virtualjaguar = self.callPackage ./cores/virtualjaguar.nix {  };
 
   yabause = mkLibretroCore {
     core = "yabause";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores/virtualjaguar.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores/virtualjaguar.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c90c4b081002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores/virtualjaguar.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  mkLibretroCore,
+}:
+mkLibretroCore {
+  core = "virtualjaguar";
+  version = "unstable-2024-10-21";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libretro";
+    repo = "virtualjaguar-libretro";
+    rev = "48096c1f6f8b98cfff048a5cb4e6a86686631072";
+    hash = "sha256-DLBQQARHqupGGQS8YznDSSMuxQliyt5apGA4Ku2jlYo=";
+  };
+
+  makefile = "Makefile";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Port of VirtualJaguar to libretro";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/libretro/virtualjaguar-libretro";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+  };
+}