diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/generate_html/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/generate_html/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83f3a65bedc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/generate_html/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "generate_html";
+  version = "0.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1ai4h7jf9fqi7w565iprzylsh94pg4rhyf51hfj9kfdgdpb1abfs";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/generate_html/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Provides functions for generating HTML pages that contain the help texts for a set of functions";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This package provides functions for generating HTML pages that contain
+      the help texts for a set of functions. The package is designed to be as
+      general as possible, but also contains convenience functions for generating
+      a set of pages for entire packages.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 6c7b263789bb..af9dd4ab8491 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
       nettle = pkgs.nettle;
     };
 
+    generate_html = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/generate_html { };
+
     io = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/io {
       inherit (octave) enableJava;
     };