diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 69698cf4fc..5800e09ea8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -13241,6 +13241,96 @@ (define-public libgda
  your data.")
      (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
  
+
+;; This is required for 'sequeler which has not been ported to libgda-6 yet.
+(define-public libgda-5
+  (package
+    (name "libgda")
+    (version "5.2.10")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgda.git/")
+             (commit (string-append "LIBGDA_" (string-replace-substring
+                                               version "." "_")))))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "18rg773gq9v3cdywpmrp12c5xyp97ir9yqjinccpi22sksb1kl8a"))
+       (modules '((guix build utils)))
+       (snippet
+        ;; Remove the bundled sqlite, but keep its header because code relies
+        ;; on this header variant.
+        '(delete-file "libgda/sqlite/sqlite-src/sqlite3.c"))
+       (patches (search-patches "libgda-5-cve-2021-39359.patch"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-system-sqlite" "--enable-vala")
+       ;; There's a race between check_cnc_lock and check_threaded_cnc
+       ;; in tests/multi-threading.
+       #:parallel-tests? #f
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'fix-glade-install
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "configure.ac"
+               (("`\\$PKG_CONFIG --variable=catalogdir gladeui-2\\.0`")
+                "${datadir}/glade/catalogs")
+               (("`\\$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pixmapdir gladeui-2\\.0`")
+                "${datadir}/glade/pixmaps"))
+             #t))
+         (add-before 'check 'pre-check
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             ;; Tests require a running X server.
+             (system "Xvfb :1 &")
+             (setenv "DISPLAY" ":1")
+             #t))
+         (add-after 'install 'symlink-glade-module
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((shlib "libgda-ui-5.0.so")
+                    (out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (out/lib (string-append out "/lib"))
+                    (moduledir (string-append out/lib "/glade/modules")))
+               (mkdir-p moduledir)
+               (symlink (string-append out/lib "/" shlib)
+                        (string-append moduledir "/" shlib))
+               #t))))))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     (list libxml2))           ; required by libgda-5.0.pc
+    (inputs
+     (list glib
+           glade3
+           gtk+
+           libsecret
+           libxslt
+           openssl
+           sqlite
+           vala))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
+       ("autoconf-archive" ,autoconf-archive)
+       ("automake" ,automake)
+       ("glib:bin" ,glib "bin")
+       ("gnome-common" ,gnome-common)
+       ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)
+       ("gtk-doc" ,gtk-doc/stable)
+       ("intltool" ,intltool)
+       ("libtool" ,libtool)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("vala" ,vala)
+       ("which" ,which)
+       ("xorg-server" ,xorg-server-for-tests)
+       ("yelp-tools" ,yelp-tools)))
+    (home-page "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgda")
+    (synopsis "Uniform data access")
+    (description
+     "GNU Data Access (GDA) is an attempt to provide uniform access to
+different kinds of data sources (databases, information servers, mail spools,
+etc).  It is a complete architecture that provides all you need to access
+your data.")
+    (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
+
+
  (define-public gtranslator
    (package
      (name "gtranslator")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libgda-5-cve-2021-39359.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libgda-5-cve-2021-39359.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..960eab7e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libgda-5-cve-2021-39359.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From bebdffb4de586fb43fd07ac549121f4b22f6812d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Douglas R. Reno" <renodr@linuxfromscratch.org>
+Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:18:01 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix CVE-2021-39359 by forcing TLS certificate validation
+
+This was done by adding "ssl-use-system-ca-file", TRUE to the options
+for each soup_session_new_with_options() call that was made.
+
+Tested on Linux From Scratch 11.0 and Debian 11.
+
+Fixes #249
+---
+ providers/web/gda-web-provider.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/providers/web/gda-web-provider.c b/providers/web/gda-web-provider.c
+index cf8d14dc3..cc818895f 100644
+--- a/providers/web/gda-web-provider.c
++++ b/providers/web/gda-web-provider.c
+@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ gda_web_provider_open_connection (GdaServerProvider *provider, GdaConnection *cn
+ 	g_rec_mutex_init (& (cdata->mutex));
+ 	cdata->server_id = NULL;
+ 	cdata->forced_closing = FALSE;
+-	cdata->worker_session = soup_session_sync_new ();
+-	cdata->front_session = soup_session_sync_new_with_options ("max-conns-per-host", 1, NULL);
++	cdata->worker_session = soup_session_new_with_options ("ssl-use-system-ca-file", TRUE, NULL);
++	cdata->front_session = soup_session_new_with_options ("max-conns-per-host", 1, "ssl-use-system-ca-file", TRUE, NULL);
+ 	if (use_ssl) {
+ 		server_url = g_string_new ("https://");
+ 		g_print ("USING SSL\n");
+--
+GitLab
+
