diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2e8eee9940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, boost
+, cmake
+, ilmbase
+, libjpeg
+, libpng
+, libtiff
+, opencolorio
+, openexr
+, robin-map
+, unzip
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "openimageio";
+  version = "2.0.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "OpenImageIO";
+    repo = "oiio";
+    rev = "Release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0nk72h7q1n664b268zkhibb7a3i7fb3nl2z7fg31ys5r9zlq6mnp";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "bin" "out" "dev" "doc" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    unzip
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    ilmbase
+    libjpeg
+    libpng
+    libtiff
+    opencolorio
+    openexr
+    robin-map
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DUSE_PYTHON=OFF"
+    "-DUSE_QT=OFF"
+    # GNUInstallDirs
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=${placeholder "bin"}/bin"
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=${placeholder "dev"}/include"
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib" # needs relative path for pkgconfig
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.openimageio.org;
+    description = "A library and tools for reading and writing images";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu jtojnar ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4a8e7ea13b5..285928caedc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19391,6 +19391,8 @@ in
     stdenv = overrideCC stdenv gcc6;
   };
 
+  openimageio2 = callPackage ../applications/graphics/openimageio/2.x.nix { };
+
   openjump = callPackage ../applications/misc/openjump { };
 
   openorienteering-mapper = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/gis/openorienteering-mapper { };