diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index e74ca37ff8..3fc64cd916 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -5251,6 +5251,26 @@ (define-public rust-core-foundation-0.6
         ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
         ("rust-uuid" ,rust-uuid-0.5))))))
 
+(define-public rust-core-foundation-0.2
+  (package
+    (inherit rust-core-foundation-0.6)
+    (name "rust-core-foundation")
+    (version "0.2.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "core-foundation" version))
+       (file-name
+        (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0rvcn7ab5r69wvn7gby745jlpy8pirfywcdxbiypy083s93dggr5"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:skip-build? #t
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-core-foundation-sys" ,rust-core-foundation-sys-0.2)
+        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2))))))
+
 (define-public rust-core-foundation-sys-0.8
   (package
     (name "rust-core-foundation-sys")