diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
index 2397cce97ea..4a980ec418f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/default.nix
@@ -35,8 +35,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "racket-${version}";
   version = "6.12";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/${version}/${name}-src.tgz";
+  src = (stdenv.lib.makeOverridable ({ name, sha256 }:
+    fetchurl rec {
+      url = "https://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/${version}/${name}-src.tgz";
+      inherit sha256;
+    }
+  )) {
+    inherit name;
     sha256 = "0cwcypzjfl9py1s695mhqkiapff7c1w29llsmdj7qgn58wl0apk5";
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bac9a0f341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ racket
+}:
+
+racket.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
+  name = "racket-minimal-${oldAttrs.version}";
+  src = oldAttrs.src.override {
+    inherit name;
+    sha256 = "0c565jy2y3gjl5lncd5adjsrj8c24p4i062kphv26ni5q1nn5ip5";
+  };
+
+  meta = oldAttrs.meta // {
+    description = "Racket without bundled packages, such as Dr. Racket.";
+    longDescription = ''The essential package racket-libs is included,
+      as well as libraries that live in collections. In particular, raco
+      and the pkg library are still bundled.
+    '';
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 311a55bc02e..435d728179f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7105,6 +7105,7 @@ with pkgs;
     # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/31017#issuecomment-343574769
     stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc7;
   };
+  racket-minimal = callPackage ../development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix { };
 
   rakudo = callPackage ../development/interpreters/rakudo {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices ApplicationServices;