diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index c50981930182..dd3820116c42 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ lib.packagesFromDirectoryRecursive {
       ;
   };
 
+  straight = callPackage ./manual-packages/straight { inherit (pkgs) git; };
+
   structured-haskell-mode = self.shm;
 
   texpresso = callPackage ./manual-packages/texpresso { inherit (pkgs) texpresso; };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/straight/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/straight/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..983117569476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/straight/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  melpaBuild,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  git,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+  lib,
+}:
+
+melpaBuild {
+  pname = "straight";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-06";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "radian-software";
+    repo = "straight.el";
+    rev = "33fb4695066781c634ff1c3c81ba96e880deccf7";
+    hash = "sha256-3NPVLTn0ka0RvSLXW9gDKam3xajp62/mLupc8uyatzo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ git ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/radian-software/straight.el";
+    description = "Next-generation, purely functional package manager for the Emacs hacker";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ abhisheksingh0x558 ];
+  };
+}