diff --git a/gnu/packages/golang-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/golang-xyz.scm
index 818a44518f..7281738e30 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/golang-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/golang-xyz.scm
@@ -17760,6 +17760,30 @@ contain equivalent code.")
 @@url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations,ISO 8601 durations} and
 converting them to the often much more useful @@code{time.Duration}.")
     (license license:expat)))
+
+(define-public go-github-com-arbovm-levenshtein
+  (package
+    (name "go-github-com-arbovm-levenshtein")
+    (version "0.0.0-20160628152529-48b4e1c0c4d0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/arbovm/levenshtein")
+             (commit (go-version->git-ref version))))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0nmx2iip8xpnbmy6gvqpc9ikizr33dr40xgv746h0b0by8n7rv7y"))))
+    (build-system go-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     (list
+      #:import-path "github.com/arbovm/levenshtein"))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/arbovm/levenshtein")
+    (synopsis "Levenshtein Distance")
+    (description
+     "This package provides a way to calculate the
+@url{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance,Levenshtein Distance}.")
+    (license license:bsd-3)))
 ;;;
 ;;; Avoid adding new packages to the end of this file. To reduce the chances
 ;;; of a merge conflict, place them above by existing packages with similar