diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 3c11395d84..7fc69ba397 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -3368,6 +3368,86 @@ (define-public rust-arrow-string-47
 @code{regexp} and @code{substring} kernels.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+(define-public rust-arrow2-0.17
+  (package
+    (name "rust-arrow2")
+    (version "0.17.4")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "arrow2" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1yh40rdx0hwyag621byl6rk8w2jzvgvsj78sg1yp82qlxbd6ii2r"))))
+    (build-system cargo-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f      ; failed to resolve: could not find `parquet` in `io`
+       #:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-ahash" ,rust-ahash-0.8)
+        ("rust-arrow-array" ,rust-arrow-array-43)
+        ("rust-arrow-buffer" ,rust-arrow-buffer-43)
+        ("rust-arrow-data" ,rust-arrow-data-43)
+        ("rust-arrow-format" ,rust-arrow-format-0.8)
+        ("rust-arrow-schema" ,rust-arrow-schema-43)
+        ("rust-async-stream" ,rust-async-stream-0.3)
+        ("rust-avro-schema" ,rust-avro-schema-0.3)
+        ("rust-base64" ,rust-base64-0.21)
+        ("rust-bytemuck" ,rust-bytemuck-1)
+        ("rust-chrono" ,rust-chrono-0.4)
+        ("rust-chrono-tz" ,rust-chrono-tz-0.8)
+        ("rust-comfy-table" ,rust-comfy-table-6)
+        ("rust-csv" ,rust-csv-1)
+        ("rust-csv-async" ,rust-csv-async-1)
+        ("rust-csv-core" ,rust-csv-core-0.1)
+        ("rust-dyn-clone" ,rust-dyn-clone-1)
+        ("rust-either" ,rust-either-1)
+        ("rust-ethnum" ,rust-ethnum-1)
+        ("rust-fallible-streaming-iterator" ,rust-fallible-streaming-iterator-0.1)
+        ("rust-foreign-vec" ,rust-foreign-vec-0.1)
+        ("rust-futures" ,rust-futures-0.3)
+        ("rust-getrandom" ,rust-getrandom-0.2)
+        ("rust-hash-hasher" ,rust-hash-hasher-2)
+        ("rust-hashbrown" ,rust-hashbrown-0.13)
+        ("rust-hex" ,rust-hex-0.4)
+        ("rust-indexmap" ,rust-indexmap-1)
+        ("rust-itertools" ,rust-itertools-0.10)
+        ("rust-json-deserializer" ,rust-json-deserializer-0.4)
+        ("rust-lexical-core" ,rust-lexical-core-0.8)
+        ("rust-lz4" ,rust-lz4-1)
+        ("rust-multiversion" ,rust-multiversion-0.7)
+        ("rust-num-traits" ,rust-num-traits-0.2)
+        ("rust-odbc-api" ,rust-odbc-api-0.36)
+        ("rust-orc-format" ,rust-orc-format-0.3)
+        ("rust-parquet2" ,rust-parquet2-0.17)
+        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.8)
+        ("rust-regex" ,rust-regex-1)
+        ("rust-regex-syntax" ,rust-regex-syntax-0.6)
+        ("rust-rustc-version" ,rust-rustc-version-0.4)
+        ("rust-serde" ,rust-serde-1)
+        ("rust-serde-derive" ,rust-serde-derive-1)
+        ("rust-serde-json" ,rust-serde-json-1)
+        ("rust-simdutf8" ,rust-simdutf8-0.1)
+        ("rust-streaming-iterator" ,rust-streaming-iterator-0.1)
+        ("rust-strength-reduce" ,rust-strength-reduce-0.2)
+        ("rust-zstd" ,rust-zstd-0.12))
+       #:cargo-development-inputs
+       (("rust-avro-rs" ,rust-avro-rs-0.13)
+        ("rust-criterion" ,rust-criterion-0.4)
+        ("rust-crossbeam-channel" ,rust-crossbeam-channel-0.5)
+        ("rust-doc-comment" ,rust-doc-comment-0.3)
+        ("rust-flate2" ,rust-flate2-1)
+        ("rust-proptest" ,rust-proptest-1)
+        ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.8)
+        ("rust-sample-arrow2" ,rust-sample-arrow2-0.1)
+        ("rust-sample-std" ,rust-sample-std-0.1)
+        ("rust-sample-test" ,rust-sample-test-0.1)
+        ("rust-tokio" ,rust-tokio-1)
+        ("rust-tokio-util" ,rust-tokio-util-0.7))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2")
+    (synopsis "Unofficial implementation of Apache Arrow spec in safe Rust")
+    (description "Unofficial implementation of Apache Arrow spec in safe Rust.")
+    (license license:asl2.0)))
+
 (define-public rust-arrow2-0.7
   (package
     (name "rust-arrow2")