diff --git a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm
index 0a653ccb847..892ac8d0345 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gperf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gperf.scm
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ the hash function is perfect means that no collisions can exist and that
 look-ups can be made by single string comparisons.")
     (license gpl3+)))
 
+(define-public gperf-3.1
+  (package
+    (inherit gperf)
+    (version "3.1")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gperf/gperf-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1qispg6i508rq8pkajh26cznwimbnj06wq9sd85vg95v8nwld1aq"))))))
+
 (define-public gperf-3.0
   ;; This older version would use 'unsigned int' in its generated lookup
   ;; functions whereas 3.1 uses 'size_t', which causes breakage such as