diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index ea0e3ee393..2062da7970 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -25373,6 +25373,30 @@ sending emails from Rust applications.")
         ("rust-quickcheck" ,rust-quickcheck-0.8)
         ("rust-rustc-version" ,rust-rustc-version-0.2))))))
 
+(define-public rust-lexical-parse-float-0.8
+  (package
+    (name "rust-lexical-parse-float")
+    (version "0.8.2")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "lexical-parse-float" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "03mzjx8k2jzv2vbl1xb589p9zfs5i2m23vcmm6fjsxps0k86dl5l"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:skip-build? #t
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-lexical-parse-integer" ,rust-lexical-parse-integer-0.8)
+        ("rust-lexical-util" ,rust-lexical-util-0.8)
+        ("rust-static-assertions" ,rust-static-assertions-1))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/Alexhuszagh/rust-lexical")
+    (synopsis "Efficient parsing of floats from strings")
+    (description
+     "This crate provides efficient parsing of floats from strings.")
+    (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
+
 (define-public rust-lexical-parse-integer-0.8
   (package
     (name "rust-lexical-parse-integer")