diff --git a/gnu/packages/cran.scm b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
index 023d726fe0..d71b7f6aa6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cran.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cran.scm
@@ -16309,6 +16309,37 @@ (define-public r-xkcd
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     (license license:gpl3)))
 
+(define-public r-babelgene
+  (package
+    (name "r-babelgene")
+    (version "21.4")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (cran-uri "babelgene" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "1gk5pm3b3shr1id66a11ywc1b823gbj8yckg24szzfhj8g4ixyf0"))))
+    (properties `((upstream-name . "babelgene")))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("r-dplyr" ,r-dplyr)
+       ("r-rlang" ,r-rlang)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("r-knitr" ,r-knitr)))
+    (home-page
+     "https://igordot.github.io/babelgene/")
+    (synopsis "Gene orthologs for model organisms in a Tidy data format")
+    (description
+     "Genomic analysis of model organisms often requires the use of databases
+based on human data or making comparisons to patient-derived resources.  This
+requires converting genes between human and non-human analogues.  The
+babelgene R package provides predicted gene orthologs/homologs for frequently
+studied model organisms in an R-friendly tidy/long format.  The package
+integrates orthology assertion predictions sourced from multiple databases as
+compiled by the HGNC Comparison of Orthology Predictions (HCOP).")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
 (define-public r-msigdbr
   (package
     (name "r-msigdbr")