diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index b092b5951158..8da558bfbeb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -978,6 +978,14 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  twenty-fortyeight = mkLibretroCore {
+    core = "2048";
+    meta = {
+      description = "Port of 2048 puzzle game to the libretro API";
+      license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
+    };
+  };
+
   vba-m = mkLibretroCore {
     core = "vbam";
     src = getCoreSrc "vba-m";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
index 00d0f82cb2ec..903708aabd69 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 {
+    "2048": {
+      "owner": "libretro",
+      "repo": "libretro-2048",
+      "rev": "331c1de588ed8f8c370dcbc488e5434a3c09f0f2",
+      "sha256": "gPrAmoBnfuTnW6t699pqS43vE6t0ca3jZcqTNRaJipA="
+    },
     "atari800": {
         "owner": "libretro",
         "repo": "libretro-atari800",
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
index 8296eb69bccc..bd325e5739a7 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SCRIPT_PATH = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
 HASHES_PATH = SCRIPT_PATH / "hashes.json"
 GET_REPO_THREADS = int(os.environ.get("GET_REPO_THREADS", 8))
 CORES = {
+    "2048": {"repo": "libretro-2048"},
     "atari800": {"repo": "libretro-atari800"},
     "beetle-gba": {"repo": "beetle-gba-libretro"},
     "beetle-lynx": {"repo": "beetle-lynx-libretro"},