diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index 9a2f7e07102f..ed47c579d642 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -588,6 +588,13 @@ in
     preBuild = "cd libretro";
   };
 
+  nxengine = mkLibRetroCore {
+    core = "nxengine";
+    description = "NXEngine libretro port";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    makefile = "Makefile";
+  };
+
   np2kai = mkLibRetroCore rec {
     core = "np2kai";
     src = getCoreSrc core;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
index 80e4e278c945..41649cbf4c00 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@
         "sha256": "M3kGA1TU3xui6of9XgUspI+Zf+hjYP1d2mgKwxsy3IQ=",
         "fetchSubmodules": true
     },
+    "nxengine": {
+        "owner": "libretro",
+        "repo": "nxengine-libretro",
+        "rev": "bc692a392473a45f63cdccbb353c3445b530d671",
+        "sha256": "tAZkYHRKL+mI6f7YCnaU0qTSOZGW2o20p6wovMK1n2k="
+    },
     "o2em": {
         "owner": "libretro",
         "repo": "libretro-o2em",
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
index c6c44926fc82..bb6fd2884a50 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ CORES = {
     "mupen64plus": {"repo": "mupen64plus-libretro-nx"},
     "neocd": {"repo": "neocd_libretro"},
     "nestopia": {"repo": "nestopia"},
+    "nxengine": {"repo": "nxengine-libretro"},
     "np2kai": {"repo": "NP2kai", "owner": "AZO234", "fetch_submodules": True},
     "o2em": {"repo": "libretro-o2em"},
     "opera": {"repo": "opera-libretro"},