diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index af32d66..902d1d2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -5404,6 +5404,28 @@ functionality.")
scripts that accept short and long flag/options.")
(license license:gpl2+)))
+(define-public r-getopt
+ (package
+ (name "r-getopt")
+ (version "1.20.0")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (cran-uri "getopt" version))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "00f57vgnzmg7cz80rjmjz1556xqcmx8nhrlbbhaq4w7gl2ibl87r"))))
+ (build-system r-build-system)
+ (home-page "https://github.com/trevorld/getopt")
+ (synopsis "C-like getopt behavior")
+ (description
+ "Package designed to be used with Rscript to write ``#!'' shebang
+scripts that accept short and long flags/options. Many users will prefer
+using instead the packages optparse or argparse which add extra features
+like automatically generated help option and usage, support for default
+values, positional argument support, etc.")
+ (license license:gpl2+)))
+
(define-public r-dnacopy
(package
(name "r-dnacopy")
--
2.10.0