diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14113d8b87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
+, postgresql, mysql, libgeotiff, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
+, libpng, sqlite, libspatialite, poppler, hdf4, qhull, giflib, expat
+, libiconv, libxml2
+, netcdfSupport ? true, netcdf, hdf5, curl
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gdal-${version}";
+  version = "2.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://download.osgeo.org/gdal/${version}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "09qgy36z0jc9w05373m4n0vm4j54almdzql6z9p9zr9pdp61syf3";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip libjpeg libtiff libgeotiff libpng proj openssl sqlite
+    libspatialite poppler hdf4 qhull giflib expat libxml2 proj ]
+  ++ (with pythonPackages; [ python numpy wrapPython ])
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin libiconv
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optionals netcdfSupport [ netcdf hdf5 curl ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-expat=${expat.dev}"
+    "--with-jpeg=${libjpeg.dev}"
+    "--with-libtiff=${libtiff.dev}" # optional (without largetiff support)
+    "--with-png=${libpng.dev}"      # optional
+    "--with-poppler=${poppler.dev}" # optional
+    "--with-libz=${zlib.dev}"       # optional
+    "--with-pg=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"
+    "--with-mysql=${mysql.connector-c or mysql}/bin/mysql_config"
+    "--with-geotiff=${libgeotiff.dev}"
+    "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite.dev}"
+    "--with-spatialite=${libspatialite}"
+    "--with-python"               # optional
+    "--with-proj=${proj.dev}" # optional
+    "--with-geos=${geos}/bin/geos-config"# optional
+    "--with-hdf4=${hdf4.dev}" # optional
+    "--with-xml2=${libxml2.dev}/bin/xml2-config" # optional
+    (if netcdfSupport then "--with-netcdf=${netcdf}" else "")
+  ];
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
+  CXXFLAGS = "-fpermissive";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/ifdef bool/i\
+      #ifdef swap\
+      #undef swap\
+      #endif' ogr/ogrsf_frmts/mysql/ogr_mysql.h
+    # poppler 0.73.0 support
+    patch -lp2 <${
+      fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/29f4dfbcac2de718043f862166cd639ab578b552.diff";
+        sha256 = "1h2rsjjrgwqfgqzppmzv5jgjs1dbbg8pvfmay0j9y0618qp3r734";
+      }
+    } || true
+    patch -p2 <${
+      fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/19967e682738977e11e1d0336e0178882c39cad2.diff";
+        sha256 = "12yqd77226i6xvzgqmxiac5ghdinixh8k2crg1r2gnhc0xlc3arj";
+      }
+    }
+  '';
+
+  # - Unset CC and CXX as they confuse libtool.
+  # - teach gdal that libdf is the legacy name for libhdf
+  preConfigure = ''
+      unset CC CXX
+      substituteInPlace configure \
+      --replace "-lmfhdf -ldf" "-lmfhdf -lhdf"
+    '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    substituteInPlace swig/python/GNUmakefile \
+      --replace "ifeq (\$(STD_UNIX_LAYOUT),\"TRUE\")" "ifeq (1,1)"
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Translator library for raster geospatial data formats";
+    homepage = https://www.gdal.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 45b72d011d2..e75dd15fddd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10553,6 +10553,8 @@ in
 
   gdal_1_11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal/gdal-1_11.nix { };
 
+  gdal_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal/2.4.0.nix { };
+
   gdcm = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdcm { };
 
   ggz_base_libs = callPackage ../development/libraries/ggz_base_libs {};