diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 3af7b4d43d..f206977de4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -9767,8 +9767,40 @@ (define-public rust-html5ever-0.23
      "High-performance browser-grade HTML5 parser.")
     (license (list license:asl2.0 license:expat))))
 
-(define-public rust-http-0.1
+(define-public rust-http-0.2
   (package
+    (name "rust-http")
+    (version "0.2.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "http" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1y827q7j0gvs8z2x12biaik9db6nb902lpqv889cbcj84sbnkm98"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:skip-build? #t ;; FIXME requires Rust >= 1.39 for building
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-bytes" ,rust-bytes-0.5)
+        ("rust-fnv" ,rust-fnv-1.0)
+        ("rust-itoa" ,rust-itoa-0.4))
+       #:cargo-development-inputs
+       (("rust-doc-comment" ,rust-doc-comment-0.3)
+        ("rust-indexmap" ,rust-indexmap-1.0)
+        ("rust-quickcheck" ,rust-quickcheck-0.9)
+        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.7)
+        ("rust-seahash" ,rust-seahash-3.0)
+        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1.0)
+        ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1.0))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/hyperium/http")
+    (synopsis "Set of types for representing HTTP requests and responses")
+    (description "This package provides a set of types for representing HTTP
+requests and responses.")
+    (license (list license:asl2.0 license:expat))))
+
+(define-public rust-http-0.1
+  (package/inherit rust-http-0.2
     (name "rust-http")
     (version "0.1.17")
     (source
@@ -9780,7 +9812,6 @@ (define-public rust-http-0.1
        (sha256
         (base32
          "06icxvrd26r6s7dzjavja7r47hgjb9851wblqh8frxnsy3q29lzf"))))
-    (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:skip-build? #t
        #:cargo-inputs
@@ -9793,13 +9824,7 @@ (define-public rust-http-0.1
         ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.4)
         ("rust-seahash" ,rust-seahash-3.0)
         ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1.0)
-        ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1.0))))
-    (home-page "https://github.com/hyperium/http")
-    (synopsis "Set of types for representing HTTP requests and responses")
-    (description
-     "This package provides a set of types for representing HTTP
-requests and responses.")
-    (license (list license:asl2.0 license:expat))))
+        ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1.0))))))
 
 (define-public rust-http-req-0.5
   (package