diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default.nix
index 65eebfc7d611..ca9aa8fc36e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default.nix
@@ -68,4 +68,16 @@ in {
     };
     description = "Complete and conformant processor of XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0, and XPath 2.0";
   };
+
+  saxon-he = common {
+    pname = "saxon-he";
+    version = "9.8.0.6";
+    prog = "saxon-he";
+    jar = "saxon9he";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = mirror://sourceforge/saxon/Saxon-HE/9.8/SaxonHE9-8-0-6J.zip;
+      sha256 = "03r4djm298rxz8q7jph63h9niglrl3rifxskq1b3bclx5rgxi2lk";
+    };
+    description = "Processor for XSLT 3.0, XPath 2.0 and 3.1, and XQuery 3.1";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aeb66d3fc4df..0a002b5c8c0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11327,7 +11327,8 @@ with pkgs;
   inherit (callPackages ../development/libraries/java/saxon { })
     saxon
     saxonb_8_8
-    saxonb_9_1;
+    saxonb_9_1
+    saxon-he;
 
   smack = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/smack { };