diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jasper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jasper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa4421b9413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jasper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, pkg-config
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "jasper";
+  version = "2.0.26";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jasper-software";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "version-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-zmoC8nIsQm2u2cSzu2prdyofo3JFNzJ1bjbIZ3YaAn4=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://jasper-software.github.io/jasper/";
+    description = "Image processing/coding toolkit";
+    longDescription = ''
+      JasPer is a software toolkit for the handling of image data. The software
+      provides a means for representing images, and facilitates the manipulation
+      of image data, as well as the import/export of such data in numerous
+      formats (e.g., JPEG-2000 JP2, JPEG, PNM, BMP, Sun Rasterfile, and
+      PGX). The import functionality supports the auto-detection (i.e.,
+      automatic determination) of the image format, eliminating the need to
+      explicitly identify the format of coded input data. A simple color
+      management engine is also provided in order to allow the accurate
+      representation of color. Partial support is included for the ICC color
+      profile file format, an industry standard for specifying color.
+
+      The JasPer software consists of a library and several application
+      programs. The code is written in the C programming language. This language
+      was chosen primarily due to the availability of C development environments
+      for most computing platforms when JasPer was first developed, circa 1999.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.free; # MIT-like
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 47cd223ef56..00f5c067fdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ mapAliases ({
   inotifyTools = inotify-tools;
   i-score = throw "i-score has been removed: abandoned upstream."; # added 2020-11-21
   jamomacore = throw "jamomacore has been removed: abandoned upstream."; # added 2020-11-21
-  jasper = throw "jasper has been removed: abandoned upstream with many vulnerabilities";
   jbuilder = dune_1; # added 2018-09-09
   jikes = throw "jikes was deprecated on 2019-10-07: abandoned by upstream";
   joseki = apache-jena-fuseki; # added 2016-02-28
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d93ac133d6..26f4e09ccea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14650,6 +14650,8 @@ in
 
   jansson = callPackage ../development/libraries/jansson { };
 
+  jasper = callPackage ../development/libraries/jasper { };
+
   jbig2dec = callPackage ../development/libraries/jbig2dec { };
 
   jcal = callPackage ../development/libraries/jcal { };