diff --git a/steps-guix/manifest b/steps-guix/manifest
index 7248730f..ba31bcc9 100644
--- a/steps-guix/manifest
+++ b/steps-guix/manifest
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ build: guile-semver-0.2.0
 build: coreutils-8.30
 build: gawk-4.2.1
 build: grep-3.1
+build: sed-4.5
 build: tar-1.30
 build: xz-5.2.4
 build: gzip-1.9
diff --git a/steps-guix/sed-4.5/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/sed-4.5/pass1.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e663519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/sed-4.5/pass1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+SEED_PREFIX="/bootstrap-seeds/sed-4.5"
+
+src_prepare() {
+    default
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+    CFLAGS="-O2" LDFLAGS="-static" ./configure \
+        --prefix="${SEED_PREFIX}" \
+        --disable-nls \
+        --disable-shared
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+    default_src_compile
+}
+
+src_install() {
+    make DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}" install
+}
diff --git a/steps-guix/sed-4.5/sources b/steps-guix/sed-4.5/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31e71b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/sed-4.5/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-4.5.tar.xz 7aad73c8839c2bdadca9476f884d2953cdace9567ecd0d90f9959f229d146b40
diff --git a/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh
index 9334169c..996d1e26 100644
--- a/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ src_compile() {
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/grep-3.1/bin/grep "${stage}/bin/"
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/grep-3.1/bin/egrep "${stage}/bin/"
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/grep-3.1/bin/fgrep "${stage}/bin/"
+    cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/sed-4.5/bin/sed "${stage}/bin/"
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/tar-1.30/bin/tar "${stage}/bin/"
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/xz-5.2.4/bin/xz "${stage}/bin/"
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/gzip-1.9/bin/gzip "${stage}/bin/"