diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores/vba-m.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores/vba-m.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  mkLibretroCore,
+}:
+mkLibretroCore {
+  core = "vbam";
+  version = "unstable-2024-10-21";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libretro";
+    repo = "vbam-libretro";
+    rev = "379dd97301458a51fb69dd93ba21b64f81e01ef2";
+    hash = "sha256-UbXSHdKfa91MpcYityo+aILbI0DfkLqZh8YfGcRx/BI=";
+  };
+
+  makefile = "Makefile";
+  preBuild = "cd src/libretro";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "VBA-M libretro port";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/libretro/vbam-libretro";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+  };
+}