diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index 0142f5d84982..cf33780fa30d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ in
 
   jam-mode = callPackage ./manual-packages/jam-mode { };
 
+  ligo-mode = callPackage ./manual-packages/ligo-mode { };
+
   llvm-mode = callPackage ./manual-packages/llvm-mode { };
 
   lsp-bridge = callPackage ./manual-packages/lsp-bridge {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ab249474766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ligo-mode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, melpaBuild
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, writeText
+, unstableGitUpdater
+}:
+
+let
+  pname = "ligo-mode";
+  version = "20230302.1616";
+  commit = "d1073474efc9e0a020a4bcdf5e0c12a217265a3a";
+in
+melpaBuild {
+  inherit pname version commit;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "ligolang";
+    repo = "ligo";
+    rev = commit;
+    hash = "sha256-wz9DF9mqi8WUt1Ebd+ueUTA314rKkdbjmoWF8cKuS8I=";
+  };
+
+  packageRequires = [ ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ ];
+
+  recipe = writeText "recipe" ''
+    (ligo-mode :fetcher gitlab
+               :repo "ligolang/ligo"
+               :files ("tools/emacs/ligo-mode.el"))
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A blazingly fast LSP client for Emacs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/manateelazycat/lsp-bridge";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}