diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl_gamecontrollerdb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl_gamecontrollerdb/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "sdl_gamecontrollerdb";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-06-14";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mdqinc";
+    repo = "SDL_GameControllerDB";
+    rev = "79b8ea1035256740c22fb1686fa0c77d201fe45f";
+    hash = "sha256-pFzIvTlcQW9wGiuMcH6chm6kzE2LLcPgPiSgWbDvgUk=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm644 gamecontrollerdb.txt -t $out/share
+    install -Dm644 LICENSE -t $out/share/licenses/sdl_gamecontrollerdb
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Community sourced database of game controller mappings to be used with SDL2 and SDL3 Game Controller functionality";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mdqinc/SDL_GameControllerDB";
+    license = lib.licenses.zlib;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ qubitnano ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+})