diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libheif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libheif/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4555573ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libheif/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, libde265, x265, pkgconfig, libpng, libjpeg }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.3.2";
+  name = "libheif-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "strukturag";
+    repo = "libheif";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0hk8mzig2kp5f94j4jwqxzjrm7ffk16ffvxl92rf0afsh6vgnz7w";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ libde265 x265 libpng libjpeg ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ x265 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.libheif.org/";
+    description = "ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF image file format decoder and encoder";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ gebner ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 71a947b7070..ef3ffdf7bab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10234,6 +10234,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libhdhomerun = callPackage ../development/libraries/libhdhomerun { };
 
+  libheif = callPackage ../development/libraries/libheif {};
+
   libhttpseverywhere = callPackage ../development/libraries/libhttpseverywhere { };
 
   libHX = callPackage ../development/libraries/libHX { };