diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/metapixel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/metapixel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a97be7f809c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/metapixel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libpng, libjpeg, giflib, perl, pkg-config }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "metapixel";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "schani";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "98ee9daa093b6c334941242e63f90b1c2876eb4f";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    sha256 = "0r7n3a6bvcxkbpda4mwmrpicii09iql5z69nkjqygkwxw7ny3309";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "metapixel" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ libpng libjpeg giflib perl ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp metapixel $out/bin/metapixel
+    cp metapixel-prepare $out/bin/metapixel-prepare
+    cp metapixel-sizesort $out/bin/metapixel-sizesort
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/schani/metapixel";
+    description = "Tool for generating photomosaics";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dandellion ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7efb5d2ab40..8a70f65182a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -713,6 +713,8 @@ in
 
   albert = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/albert {};
 
+  metapixel = callPackage ../tools/graphics/metapixel { };
+
   ### APPLICATIONS/TERMINAL-EMULATORS
 
   alacritty = callPackage ../applications/terminal-emulators/alacritty {