diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/perceptualdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/perceptualdiff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d394a816a49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/perceptualdiff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, freeimage }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "perceptualdiff";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "myint";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "176n518xv0pczf1yyz9r5a8zw5r6sh5ym596kmvw30qznp8n4a8j";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ freeimage ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A program that compares two images using a perceptually based image metric";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/myint/perceptualdiff";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ uri-canva ];
+    platforms = platforms.x86;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5a1b72ff1b38..29c4e7cabe61 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4662,6 +4662,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pepper = callPackage ../tools/admin/salt/pepper { };
 
+  perceptualdiff = callPackage ../tools/graphics/perceptualdiff { };
+
   percona-xtrabackup = callPackage ../tools/backup/percona-xtrabackup {
     boost = boost159;
   };