diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/io/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57058c5f95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/io/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, enableJava
+, jdk
+, unzip
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "io";
+  version = "2.6.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "044y8lfp93fx0592mv6x2ss0nvjkjgvlci3c3ahav76pk1j3rikb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    (lib.optional enableJava jdk)
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    unzip
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/io/index.html";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3Plus bsd2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Input/Output in external formats";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 73d514bcb0f..897cd99e927 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
     control = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/control { };
 
     io = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/io {
-      unzip = pkgs.unzip;
+      inherit (octave) enableJava;
     };
 
     level-set = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/level-set { };