diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/instrument-control/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/instrument-control/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51c8f300cc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/instrument-control/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "instrument-control";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vckax6rx5v3fq5j6kb6n39a5zas9i24x4wvmjlhc8xbykkg5nkk";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/instrument-control/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Low level I/O functions for serial, i2c, spi, parallel, tcp, gpib, vxi11, udp and usbtmc interfaces";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index ef2f9e4d3db6..6094771842e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     image-acquisition = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/image-acquisition { };
 
+    instrument-control = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/instrument-control { };
+
     io = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/io {
       inherit (octave) enableJava;
     };