diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index e4c307e54f..8994349e3d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -4775,3 +4775,37 @@ (define-public texlive-latex-koma-script
 refers to the version of scrbook, scrreprt, scrartcl, scrlttr2 and
 typearea (which are the main parts of the bundle).")
     (license license:lppl1.3+)))
+
+(define-public texlive-generic-listofitems
+  (package
+    (name "texlive-generic-listofitems")
+    (version (number->string %texlive-revision))
+    (source (origin
+              (method svn-fetch)
+              (uri (svn-reference
+                    (url (string-append "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/"
+                                        %texlive-tag "/Master/texmf-dist/"
+                                        "/tex/generic/listofitems"))
+                    (revision %texlive-revision)))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1k50z6ixgwwzy84mi0dr5vcjah5p7wvgq66y45bilm91a4m8sgla"))))
+    (build-system trivial-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:modules ((guix build utils))
+       #:builder
+       (begin
+         (use-modules (guix build utils))
+         (let ((target (string-append (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
+                                      "/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/listofitems")))
+           (mkdir-p target)
+           (copy-recursively (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source") target)
+           #t))))
+    (home-page "https://www.ctan.org/pkg/listofitems")
+    (synopsis "Grab items in lists using user-specified seperation character")
+    (description
+     "This package allows one to capture all the items of a list, for which
+the parsing character has been selected by the user, and to access any of
+these items with a simple syntax.")
+    (license license:lppl1.3c+)))