diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index ec65076a362ca813aaf661a4efa1266e79136303..a56faa011b18ba912a6eeb59f1c8fa37e43f0d62 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -3620,6 +3620,33 @@ (define-public rust-ws2-32-sys
      "Contains function definitions for the Windows API library ws2_32.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public rust-xattr
+  (package
+    (name "rust-xattr")
+    (version "0.2.2")
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (crate-uri "xattr" version))
+        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+        (sha256
+         (base32
+          "0k556fb6f5jc907975j9c8iynl2fqz3rf0w6fiig83i4yi0kfk14"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-libc" ,rust-libc))
+       #:cargo-development-inputs
+       (("rust-tempfile" ,rust-tempfile))
+       #:tests? #f)) ; Tests assume read access to /var.
+    (home-page "https://github.com/Stebalien/xattr")
+    (synopsis "Unix extended filesystem attributes")
+    (description
+     "This package provide a small library for setting, getting, and listing
+extended attributes.")
+    (license (list license:asl2.0
+                   license:expat))))
+
 (define-public rust-xdg
   (package
     (name "rust-xdg")