diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 145e670254d..6559fe57594 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -5874,6 +5874,12 @@
     githubId = 10626;
     name = "Andreas Wagner";
   };
+  lromor = {
+    email = "leonardo.romor@gmail.com";
+    github = "lromor";
+    githubId = 1597330;
+    name = "Leonardo Romor";
+  };
   lrworth = {
     email = "luke@worth.id.au";
     name = "Luke Worth";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openslide/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openslide/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71c2017f9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openslide/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook
+, pkg-config, cairo, glib, gdk-pixbuf, libjpeg
+, libpng, libtiff, libxml2, openjpeg, sqlite, zlib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "openslide";
+  version = "3.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "openslide";
+    repo = "openslide";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1g4hhjr4cbx754cwi9wl84k33bkg232w8ajic7aqhzm8x182hszp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cairo glib gdk-pixbuf libjpeg libpng libtiff libxml2 openjpeg sqlite zlib ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://openslide.org";
+    description = "A C library that provides a simple interface to read whole-slide images.";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lromor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 42e03c662d2..fc5433a2169 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17120,6 +17120,8 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AGL Carbon Cocoa Foundation;
   };
 
+  openslide = callPackage ../development/libraries/openslide { };
+
   openslp = callPackage ../development/libraries/openslp {};
 
   openvdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/openvdb {};