diff --git a/srcpkgs/gerbil/files/gerbil.sh b/srcpkgs/gerbil/files/gerbil.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd88c525410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gerbil/files/gerbil.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export GERBIL_GSC=gambit-gsc
+export GERBIL_HOME=/usr/lib/gerbil
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gerbil/patches/gsc.patch b/srcpkgs/gerbil/patches/gsc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2c2bf23e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gerbil/patches/gsc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/build/build0.scm.orig
++++ src/build/build0.scm
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ (define (compile modf)
+   (displayln "... compile " modf)
+   (let ((proc (open-process
+-               (list path: "gsc"
++               (list path: (getenv "GERBIL_GSC" "gsc")
+                      arguments: (list "-cc-options" "--param max-gcse-memory=300000000" modf)
+                      stdout-redirection: #f))))
+     (if (not (zero? (process-status proc)))
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gerbil/template b/srcpkgs/gerbil/template
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index 00000000000..db9e2d155fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gerbil/template
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Template file for 'gerbil'
+pkgname=gerbil
+version=0.15.1
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="gambit rsync"
+makedepends="libressl-devel sqlite-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Opinionated dialect of Scheme designed for Systems Programming"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later, Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://cons.io/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/vyzo/gerbil/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3d29eecdaa845b073bf8413cd54e420b3f48c79c25e43fab5a379dde029d0cde
+conflicts="gxi>=0"
+nocross="yes"
+
+do_build() {
+	export GERBIL_GSC=gambit-gsc
+	( cd src && ./build.sh )
+}
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	vmkdir usr/lib/gerbil
+	cp -a bin ${DESTDIR}/usr
+	cp -a lib ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/gerbil
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/gerbil.sh 0644 etc/profile.d
+	vinstall etc/gerbil.el 0644 usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
+}