diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index 3c987b67971..e0045a3827d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -313,6 +313,24 @@ in
     postBuild = "cd src/citra_libretro";
   };
 
+  citra-canary = mkLibRetroCore {
+    core = "citra-canary";
+    description = "Port of Citra Canary/Experimental to libretro";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    extraNativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+    extraBuildInputs = [ libGLU libGL boost ];
+    makefile = "Makefile";
+    cmakeFlags = [
+      "-DENABLE_LIBRETRO=ON"
+      "-DENABLE_QT=OFF"
+      "-DENABLE_SDL2=OFF"
+      "-DENABLE_WEB_SERVICE=OFF"
+      "-DENABLE_DISCORD_PRESENCE=OFF"
+    ];
+    preConfigure = "sed -e '77d' -i externals/cmake-modules/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake";
+    postBuild = "cd src/citra_libretro";
+  };
+
   desmume = mkLibRetroCore {
     core = "desmume";
     description = "libretro wrapper for desmume NDS emulator";
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
index 42be91a7405..1280f25047d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@
         "leaveDotGit": true,
         "deepClone": true
     },
+    "citra-canary": {
+        "owner": "libretro",
+        "repo": "citra",
+        "rev": "5401990a9be46e4497abc92db3d5f2042674303d",
+        "sha256": "JKKJBa840i7ESwMrB5tKamCBmrYvvoEUdibqxkWg5Gc=",
+        "fetchSubmodules": true,
+        "leaveDotGit": true,
+        "deepClone": true
+    },
     "desmume": {
         "owner": "libretro",
         "repo": "desmume",
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/update.py b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/update.py
index 4537ea75e25..68f72103168 100755
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/retroarch/update.py
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ CORES = {
         "deep_clone": True,
         "leave_dot_git": True,
     },
+    "citra-canary": {
+        "repo": "citra",
+        "fetch_submodules": True,
+        "deep_clone": True,
+        "leave_dot_git": True,
+        "rev": "canary",
+    },
     "desmume": {"repo": "desmume"},
     "desmume2015": {"repo": "desmume2015"},
     "dolphin": {"repo": "dolphin"},
@@ -107,6 +114,7 @@ def get_repo_hash_fetchFromGitHub(
     deep_clone=False,
     fetch_submodules=False,
     leave_dot_git=False,
+    rev=None,
 ):
     extra_args = []
     if deep_clone:
@@ -115,6 +123,9 @@ def get_repo_hash_fetchFromGitHub(
         extra_args.append("--fetch-submodules")
     if leave_dot_git:
         extra_args.append("--leave-dot-git")
+    if rev:
+        extra_args.append("--rev")
+        extra_args.append(rev)
     result = subprocess.run(
         ["nix-prefetch-github", owner, repo, *extra_args],
         check=True,