diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/dicom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/dicom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e16b6447805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/dicom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, gdcm
+, cmake
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "dicom";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "131wn6mrv20np10plirvqia8dlpz3g0aqi3mmn2wyl7r95p3dnza";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    gdcm
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/dicom/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Digital communications in medicine (DICOM) file io";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 075ab9e4255..3d6dc98a225 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     dataframe = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/dataframe { };
 
+    dicom = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/dicom { };
+
     general = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/general {
       nettle = pkgs.nettle;
     };