diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zimg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f11cd71a3f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
+  name = "zimg-${version}";
+  version = "2.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sekrit-twc";
+    repo  = "zimg";
+    rev    = "e88b156fdd6d5ae647bfc68a30e86d14f214764d";
+    sha256 = "1hb35pm9ykdyhg71drd59yy29d154m2r1mr8ikyzpi3knanjn23a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Scaling, colorspace conversion and dithering library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg;
+    license  = licenses.wtfpl;
+    platform = platforms.linux; # check upstream issue #52
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rnhmjoj ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 74bde248417b..886f2a900665 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17679,6 +17679,8 @@ in
 
   maphosts = callPackage ../tools/networking/maphosts {};
 
+  zimg = callPackage ../development/libraries/zimg { };
+
   zuki-themes = callPackage ../misc/themes/zuki { };
 
   zoom-us = qt55.callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/zoom-us {};