diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 1f62a5f5e2..8c5ec2f0bd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -17038,6 +17038,23 @@ (define-public rust-pulldown-cmark-0.2
      "This package provides a pull parser for CommonMark.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
+(define-public rust-pulldown-cmark-0.0.8
+  (package/inherit rust-pulldown-cmark-0.4
+    (name "rust-pulldown-cmark")
+    (version "0.0.8")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "pulldown-cmark" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0hbg68h1w48cp72n95hjmbm70jrb5khc9vipcmjng83wjaxxfn0h"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-bitflags" ,rust-bitflags-0.5)
+        ("rust-getopts" ,rust-getopts-0.2))))))
+
 (define-public rust-quantiles-0.7
   (package
     (name "rust-quantiles")