diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libretroPackages/cores/freechaf.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libretroPackages/cores/freechaf.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25e6bbf3325d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libretroPackages/cores/freechaf.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  mkLibretroCore,
+}:
+mkLibretroCore {
+  core = "freechaf";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-04-20";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libretro";
+    repo = "FreeChaF";
+    rev = "76c7a84f1f7e80f3e6f2bba96fe100cb24e99124";
+    hash = "sha256-gLmDO2yzZbdcD82IUT6NWR0umUExtBqnAK+ltBxGPiM=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  makefile = "Makefile";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Fairchild Channel F emulator core for libretro";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/libretro/FreeChaF";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kaistarkk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libretroPackages/packages.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libretroPackages/packages.nix
index cb762108f18c..c2d23e4ef01e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libretroPackages/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libretroPackages/packages.nix
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self: {
 
   fmsx = self.callPackage ./cores/fmsx.nix { };
 
+  freechaf = self.callPackage ./cores/freechaf.nix { };
+
   freeintv = self.callPackage ./cores/freeintv.nix { };
 
   fuse = self.callPackage ./cores/fuse.nix { };