diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pngoptimizer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pngoptimizer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c75ba0fb1015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pngoptimizer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, pkg-config }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "pngoptimizer";
+  version = "2.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hadrien-psydk";
+    repo = "pngoptimizer";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1hbgf91vzx46grslfdx86smdvm6gs6lq9hpa3bax9xfbsknxi0i7";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "CONFIG=release" "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/usr/bin $out/bin
+    mv $out/usr/share $out/share
+    rmdir $out/usr
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://psydk.org/pngoptimizer";
+    description = "PNG optimizer and converter";
+    # https://github.com/hadrien-psydk/pngoptimizer#license-information
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only lgpl21Only zlib ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ smitop ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d87ecde6eec..87fa0dad3343 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8659,6 +8659,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pngnq = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pngnq { };
 
+  pngoptimizer = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pngoptimizer { };
+
   pngtoico = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pngtoico {
     libpng = libpng12;
   };