diff --git a/homes/desktop.nix b/homes/desktop.nix
index 6bd2945..980d220 100644
--- a/homes/desktop.nix
+++ b/homes/desktop.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }: {
+{ pkgs, custom-pkgs, ... }: {
 
   imports = [
     ./../programs/firefox.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       tex-fmt
       woodpecker-cli
       (texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-basic latex-bin latexmk; })
+      custom-pkgs.ark
     ];
     shellAliases = { code = "codium"; };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/ark.nix b/pkgs/ark.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8d456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/ark.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+let
+  version = "0.1.174";
+  sha256 = {
+    x86_64-linux = "sha256-fZnVR5V9VaCmj4tkCrYRv3ouKr0gFukyLdEqvcb1c/8=";
+    aarch64-linux = "sha256-yj7UHUqnnlTz9ZYsH0UHgnhDY7bBZzff09KbYwOINj8=";
+    darwin = "sha256-cI1Xrico/0SHbuPwYLQNS6crJbY5gaVuAR02u5O+NPc=";
+  };
+
+in with pkgs;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ark";
+  inherit version;
+  src = {
+    x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
+      url =
+        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-linux-x64.zip";
+      sha256 = sha256.x86_64-linux;
+    };
+    aarch64-linux = fetchurl {
+      url =
+        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-linux-arm64.zip";
+      sha256 = sha256.aarch64-linux;
+    };
+    x86_64-darwin = fetchurl {
+      url =
+        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-darwin-universal.zip";
+      sha256 = sha256.darwin;
+    };
+    aarch64-darwin = fetchurl {
+      url =
+        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-darwin-universal.zip";
+      sha256 = sha256.darwin;
+    };
+  }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw
+    "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
+
+  # Nix reports "unpacker appears to have produced no directories" without this
+  # line. Not sure why sc4pac doesn't need it when it is also a zip archive, but
+  # I found this article that pointed me to this line:
+  # https://sekun.net/blog/packaging-prebuilt-binaries-with-nix/
+  sourceRoot = ".";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    unzip $src -d $out/bin
+    chmod +x $out/bin/ark
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Ark is an R kernel for Jupyter notebooks";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index ce6c178..2e0c11e 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
+  ark = pkgs.callPackage ./ark.nix { };
   sc4pac = pkgs.callPackage ./sc4pac.nix { };
 }
diff --git a/playbooks/packages.yaml b/playbooks/packages.yaml
index 7d31ca4..4fd609d 100644
--- a/playbooks/packages.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/packages.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
         name:
           - chromium
           - firefoxpwa
+          - fontconfig-devel
+          - freetype-devel
+          - fribidi-devel
           - ghostty
           - inkscape
           - jq
@@ -60,6 +63,10 @@
           - kdenlive
           - kdiff3
           - krita
+          - libjpeg-devel
+          - libpng-devel
+          - libtiff-devel
+          - libwebp-devel
           - musescore
           - nextcloud-client
           - nextcloud-client-dolphin