diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libde265/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libde265/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07823072bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libde265/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.0.3";
+  name = "libde265-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "strukturag";
+    repo = "libde265";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "049g77f6c5sbk1h534zi9akj3y5h8zwnca5c9kqqjkn7f17irk10";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/strukturag/libde265";
+    description = "Open h.265 video codec implementation";
+    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 6b1219690d7..71a947b7070 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10018,6 +10018,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   };
 
+  libde265 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libde265 {};
+
   libdevil = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdevil {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) OpenGL;
   };