diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index c46987c2c8..1f6e3279bc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ protocols.")
         ("rust-tokio" ,rust-tokio-0.2)
         ("rust-tokio-util" ,rust-tokio-util-0.2))))))
 
+(define-public rust-actix-codec-0.1
+  (package
+    (inherit rust-actix-codec-0.3)
+    (name "rust-actix-codec")
+    (version "0.1.2")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "actix-codec" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0lv42xf57y3kwy8nl2a9pkz35yvbspd9250virfr7p069fpi2b4z"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:cargo-inputs
+       (("rust-bytes" ,rust-bytes-0.4)
+        ("rust-futures" ,rust-futures-0.1)
+        ("rust-log" ,rust-log-0.4)
+        ("rust-tokio-codec" ,rust-tokio-codec-0.1)
+        ("rust-tokio-io" ,rust-tokio-io-0.1))))))
+
 (define-public rust-actix-connect-2
   (package
     (name "rust-actix-connect")