diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 2e04ef1517..3e651e808d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -6938,6 +6938,36 @@ (define-public rust-no-panic-0.1
 prove a function can't ever panic.")
     (license (list license:expat license:asl2.0))))
 
+(define-public rust-nix-0.14
+  (package
+    (inherit rust-nix-0.15)
+    (name "rust-nix")
+    (version "0.14.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "nix" version))
+       (file-name
+        (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "1kmxdlmvnmq8cfpmr3g6wk37rwi2ybdvp1z6z3831m1p23p2nwkc"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:skip-build? #t
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-bitflags" ,rust-bitflags-1)
+        ("rust-cc" ,rust-cc-1.0)
+        ("rust-cfg-if" ,rust-cfg-if-0.1)
+        ("rust-libc" ,rust-libc-0.2)
+        ("rust-void" ,rust-void-1.0))
+       #:cargo-development-inputs
+       (("rust-bytes" ,rust-bytes-0.4)
+        ("rust-caps" ,rust-caps-0.3)
+        ("rust-lazy-static" ,rust-lazy-static-1.3)
+        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.6)
+        ("rust-sysctl" ,rust-sysctl-0.1)
+        ("rust-tempfile" ,rust-tempfile-3.0))))))
+
 (define-public rust-nodrop-0.1
   (package
     (name "rust-nodrop")