diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 01e54d38a6..258dce93a9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -37202,6 +37202,50 @@ (define-public rust-salsa-macros-0.17
      "This package provides a procedural macros for the salsa crate.")
     (license (list license:asl2.0 license:expat))))
 
+(define-public rust-salsa-0.17
+  (package
+    (name "rust-salsa")
+    (version "0.17.0-pre.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "salsa" version))
+       (file-name
+        (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "10jm7s8abw0m7iffa2983kmwgmv342i9g32d1irsgmccx9hq40sq"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:skip-build?
+       #t
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-crossbeam-utils"
+         ,rust-crossbeam-utils-0.8)
+        ("rust-indexmap" ,rust-indexmap-1)
+        ("rust-lock-api" ,rust-lock-api-0.4)
+        ("rust-log" ,rust-log-0.4)
+        ("rust-oorandom" ,rust-oorandom-11.1)
+        ("rust-parking-lot" ,rust-parking-lot-0.11)
+        ("rust-rustc-hash" ,rust-rustc-hash-1)
+        ("rust-salsa-macros" ,rust-salsa-macros-0.17)
+        ("rust-smallvec" ,rust-smallvec-1))
+       #:cargo-development-inputs
+       (("rust-diff" ,rust-diff-0.1)
+        ("rust-env-logger" ,rust-env-logger-0.7)
+        ("rust-linked-hash-map"
+         ,rust-linked-hash-map-0.5)
+        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.7)
+        ("rust-rand-distr" ,rust-rand-distr-0.2))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/salsa-rs/salsa")
+    (synopsis
+     "Generic framework for on-demand, incrementalized computation
+(experimental)")
+    (description
+     "This package provides a generic framework for on-demand, incrementalized
+computation (experimental)")
+    (license (list license:asl2.0 license:expat))))
+
 (define-public rust-safemem-0.3
   (package
     (name "rust-safemem")