diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 329c35e226c1..17434f221a65 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ let
     ];
   };
 
+  php_excel = assert isPhp7; buildPecl rec {
+    name = "php_excel";
+    version = "1.0.2";
+    phpVersion = "php7";
+
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.libxl ];
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/iliaal/${name}/releases/download/Excel-1.0.2-PHP7/excel-${version}-${phpVersion}.tgz";
+      sha256 = "0dpvih9gpiyh1ml22zi7hi6kslkilzby00z1p8x248idylldzs2n";
+    };
+
+    configureFlags = [ "--with-excel" "--with-libxl-incdir=${pkgs.libxl}/include_c" "--with-libxl-libdir=${pkgs.libxl}/lib" ];
+  };
+
   igbinary = buildPecl {
     name = "igbinary-2.0.4";