diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a8f7f6d16a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, zeromq
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "zeromq";
+  version = "1.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "18h1039ri7dr37jv20cvj5vhw7b57frrda0hhbvlgixinbqmn9j7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    zeromq
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/zeromq/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "ZeroMQ bindings for GNU Octave";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 895b7bd75e52..6278a7042e1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -217,4 +217,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     windows = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/windows { };
 
+    zeromq = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/zeromq {
+      inherit (pkgs) zeromq;
+    };
+
   })