diff --git a/gnu/packages/messaging.scm b/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
index 18c71b6ab3..2e3afb510e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/messaging.scm
@@ -2777,6 +2777,41 @@ (define-public purple-lurch
     (home-page "https://github.com/gkdr/lurch")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
+(define-public libphonenumber
+  (package
+   (name "libphonenumber")
+   (version "8.11.3")
+   (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/google/libphonenumber")
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "06y3mh1d1mks6d0ynxp3980g712nkf8l5nyljpybsk326b246hg9"))))
+   (arguments
+    `(#:test-target "tests"
+      #:phases
+      (modify-phases %standard-phases
+        (add-after 'unpack 'change-directory
+          (lambda _ (chdir "cpp"))))))
+   (build-system cmake-build-system)
+   (native-inputs
+    `(("googletest" ,googletest)
+      ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+   (inputs
+    `(("boost" ,boost)
+      ("protobuf" ,protobuf)
+      ("icu4c" ,icu4c)))
+   (synopsis "Library for parsing and using phone numbers")
+   (description
+    "This package provides a C++ library for parsing, formatting, and
+validating international phone numbers.")
+   (home-page "https://github.com/google/libphonenumber")
+   (license license:asl2.0)))
+
+
 (define-public chatty
  (package
    (name "chatty")