diff --git a/gnu/packages/dlang.scm b/gnu/packages/dlang.scm
index 5c9766110d..dd7951e01d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/dlang.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/dlang.scm
@@ -358,6 +358,170 @@ (define-public ldc
          `(("clang" ,clang-14)          ;propagates llvm and clang-runtime
            ("python-lit" ,python-lit))))))
 
+;;; Bootstrap version of phobos that is built with GDC, using GDC's standard
+;;; library.
+(define dmd-bootstrap
+  (package
+    ;; This package is purposefully named just "dmd" and not "dmd-bootstrap",
+    ;; as the final dmd package rewrites references from this one to itself,
+    ;; and their names must have the same length to avoid corrupting the
+    ;; binary.
+    (name "dmd")
+    (version "2.106.1")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://github.com/dlang/dmd")
+                    (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name "dmd" version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1bq4jws1vns2jjzfz7biyngrx9y5pvvgklymhrvb5kvbzky1ldmy"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     (list
+      #:disallowed-references (list (gexp-input (canonical-package gcc)
+                                                "lib"))
+      ;; Disable tests, as gdmd cannot cope with some arguments used such as
+      ;; '-conf'.
+      #:tests? #f
+      #:test-target "test"
+      #:make-flags
+      #~(list (string-append "CC=" #$(cc-for-target))
+              ;; XXX: Proceed despite conflicts from symbols provided by both
+              ;; the source built and GDC.
+              "DFLAGS=-L--allow-multiple-definition"
+              "ENABLE_RELEASE=1"
+              (string-append "HOST_CXX=" #$(cxx-for-target))
+              "HOST_DMD=gdmd"
+              (string-append "INSTALL_DIR=" #$output)
+              ;; Do not build the shared libphobos2.so library, to avoid
+              ;; retaining a reference to gcc:lib.
+              "SHARED=0"
+              (string-append "SYSCONFDIR=" #$output "/etc")
+              "VERBOSE=1"
+              "-f" "posix.mak")
+      #:phases
+      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+          (add-after 'unpack 'copy-phobos-source-and-chdir
+            ;; Start with building phobos, which in turns will automatically
+            ;; build druntime and dmd.  A minimal dmd command is still
+            ;; required to do so, which is why we need dmd-bootstrap-0.
+            (lambda _
+              (symlink "." "dmd")  ;to please the build system expected layout
+              (copy-recursively
+               #$(origin
+                   (method git-fetch)
+                   (uri (git-reference
+                         (url "https://github.com/dlang/phobos")
+                         (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+                   (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+                   (sha256
+                    (base32
+                     "1yw7nb5d78cx9m7sfibv7rfc7wj3w0dw9mfk3d269qpfpnwzs4n9")))
+               "phobos")
+              (chdir "phobos")))
+          (add-after 'copy-phobos-source-and-chdir 'adjust-phobos-install-dirs
+            (lambda _
+              (substitute* "posix.mak"
+                ;; Install to lib directory, not to e.g. 'linux/lib64'.
+                (("\\$\\(INSTALL_DIR)/\\$\\(OS)/\\$\\(lib_dir)")
+                 (string-append #$output "/lib"))
+                ;; Do not install license file, already done by the gnu build
+                ;; system.
+                ((".*\\$\\(INSTALL_DIR)/phobos-LICENSE.txt.*") ""))))
+          (delete 'configure)
+          (add-after 'install 'install-druntime
+            (lambda args
+              (chdir "../druntime")
+              (apply (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'install) args)
+              (chdir "..")))
+          (add-after 'install-druntime 'install-includes
+            (lambda _
+              ;; Normalize the include files prefix to include/dmd.
+              (let ((include-dir (string-append #$output "/include/dmd")))
+                (mkdir-p include-dir)
+                (rename-file (string-append #$output "/src/phobos")
+                             (string-append include-dir))
+                (copy-recursively "druntime/import" include-dir))
+              (delete-file-recursively (string-append #$output "/src"))))
+          (add-after 'install-druntime 'install-dmd
+            (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'install))
+          (add-after 'install-license-files 'refine-install-layout
+            (lambda _
+              (let* ((docdir (string-append #$output "/share/doc/"
+                                            (strip-store-file-name #$output)))
+                     ;; The dmd binary gets installed to
+                     ;; e.g. /linux/bin64/dmd.
+                     (dmd (car (find-files #$output "^dmd$")))
+                     (dmd.conf (car (find-files #$output "^dmd.conf$")))
+                     (os-dir (dirname (dirname dmd))))
+                ;; Move samples from root to the doc directory.
+                (rename-file (string-append #$output "/samples")
+                             (string-append docdir "/samples"))
+                ;; Remove duplicate license file.
+                (delete-file (string-append #$output
+                                            "/dmd-boostlicense.txt"))
+                ;; Move dmd binary and dmd.conf.
+                (install-file dmd (string-append #$output "/bin"))
+                (install-file dmd.conf (string-append #$output "/etc"))
+                (delete-file-recursively os-dir))))
+          (add-after 'refine-install-layout 'patch-dmd.conf
+            (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+              (substitute* (search-input-file outputs "etc/dmd.conf")
+                (("lib(32|64)")
+                 "lib")
+                (("\\.\\./src/(phobos|druntime/import)")
+                 "include/dmd")))))))
+    (native-inputs (list gdmd which))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/dlang/dmd")
+    (synopsis "Reference D Programming Language compiler")
+    (description "@acronym{DMD, Digital Mars D compiler} is the reference
+compiler for the D programming language.")
+    (license license:boost1.0)))
+
+;;; Second bootstrap of DMD, built using dmd-bootstrap, with its shared
+;;; libraries preserved.
+(define-public dmd
+  (package
+    (inherit dmd-bootstrap)
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments
+         (strip-keyword-arguments
+          '(#:tests?)                   ;reinstate tests
+          (package-arguments dmd-bootstrap))
+       ((#:disallowed-references  _ ''())
+        (list dmd-bootstrap))
+       ((#:make-flags _ ''())
+        #~(list (string-append "CC=" #$(cc-for-target))
+                "ENABLE_RELEASE=1"
+                (string-append "HOST_CXX=" #$(cxx-for-target))
+                (string-append "INSTALL_DIR=" #$output)
+                "VERBOSE=1"
+                "-f" "posix.mak"))
+       ((#:phases phases '%standard-phases)
+        #~(modify-phases #$phases
+            (add-after 'patch-dmd.conf 'rewrite-references-to-bootstrap
+              ;; DMD keeps references to include files used to build a
+              ;; binary.  Rewrite those of dmd-bootstrap to itself, to reduce
+              ;; its closure size.
+              (lambda* (#:key native-inputs inputs outputs
+                        #:allow-other-keys)
+                (let ((dmd (search-input-file outputs "bin/dmd"))
+                      (dmd-bootstrap (dirname
+                                      (dirname
+                                       (search-input-file
+                                        (or native-inputs inputs)
+                                        "bin/dmd")))))
+                  ;; XXX: Use sed, as replace-store-references wouldn't
+                  ;; replace the references, while substitute* throws an
+                  ;; error.
+                  (invoke "sed" "-i"
+                          (format #f "s,~a,~a,g" dmd-bootstrap #$output)
+                          dmd))))))))
+    (native-inputs (modify-inputs (package-native-inputs dmd-bootstrap)
+                     (replace "gdmd" dmd-bootstrap)))))
+
 (define-public dub
   (package
     (name "dub")
