diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/debbindiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/debbindiff/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f5fcb37324ee..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/debbindiff/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, pythonPackages, docutils
-, acl, binutils, bzip2, cdrkit, cpio, diffutils, e2fsprogs, file, gettext
-, gnupg, gzip, pdftk, poppler_utils, rpm, squashfsTools, unzip, vim, xz
-}:
-
-pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
-  name = "debbindiff-${version}";
-  version = "26";
-
-  namePrefix = "";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://anonscm.debian.org/reproducible/debbindiff.git";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    sha256 = "18637gc7c92mwcpx3dvh6xild0sb9bwsgfcrjplmh7s8frvlvkv6";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Different pkg name in debian
-    sed -i setup.py -e "s@'magic'@'Magic-file-extensions'@"
-
-    # Upstream doesn't provide a PKG-INFO file
-    sed -i setup.py -e "/'rpm',/d"
-  '';
-
-  # Still missing these tools: ghc javap showttf sng
-  propagatedBuildInputs = (with pythonPackages; [ debian magic ]) ++
-    [ acl binutils bzip2 cdrkit cpio diffutils e2fsprogs file gettext gnupg
-      gzip pdftk poppler_utils rpm squashfsTools unzip vim xz ];
-
-  doCheck = false; # Calls 'mknod' in squashfs tests, which needs root
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    mv $out/bin/debbindiff.py $out/bin/debbindiff
-    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
-    ${docutils}/bin/rst2man.py debian/debbindiff.1.rst $out/share/man/man1/debbindiff.1
-  '';
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Highlight differences between two builds of Debian packages, and even other kind of files";
-    homepage = https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds;
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6c672d83441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, pythonPackages, docutils
+, acl, binutils, bzip2, cdrkit, cpio, diffutils, e2fsprogs, file, gettext
+, gnupg, gzip, pdftk, poppler_utils, rpm, sqlite, squashfsTools, unzip, vim, xz
+}:
+
+pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "diffoscope-${version}";
+  version = "29";
+
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://anonscm.debian.org/reproducible/diffoscope.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    sha256 = "0q7hx2wm9gvzl1f7iilr9pjwpv8i2anscqan7cgk80v90s2pakrf";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Different pkg name in debian
+    sed -i setup.py -e "s@'magic'@'Magic-file-extensions'@"
+
+    # Upstream doesn't provide a PKG-INFO file
+    sed -i setup.py -e "/'rpm',/d"
+  '';
+
+  # Still missing these tools: ghc javap showttf sng
+  propagatedBuildInputs = (with pythonPackages; [ debian libarchive-c magic ssdeep ]) ++
+    [ acl binutils bzip2 cdrkit cpio diffutils e2fsprogs file gettext gnupg
+      gzip pdftk poppler_utils rpm sqlite squashfsTools unzip vim xz ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # Calls 'mknod' in squashfs tests, which needs root
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/bin/diffoscope.py $out/bin/diffoscope
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
+    ${docutils}/bin/rst2man.py debian/diffoscope.1.rst $out/share/man/man1/diffoscope.1
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Perform in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories";
+    longDescription = ''
+      diffoscope will try to get to the bottom of what makes files or directories
+      different. It will recursively unpack archives of many kinds and transform
+      various binary formats into more human readable form to compare them. It can
+      compare two tarballs, ISO images, or PDF just as easily. The differences can
+      be shown in a text or HTML report.
+
+      diffoscope is developed as part of the "reproducible builds" Debian
+      project and was formerly known as "debbindiff".
+    '';
+    homepage = https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d732e140668e..261ad9ba811a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1259,8 +1259,6 @@ let
 
   dcfldd = callPackage ../tools/system/dcfldd { };
 
-  debbindiff = callPackage ../tools/misc/debbindiff { };
-
   debian_devscripts = callPackage ../tools/misc/debian-devscripts {
     inherit (perlPackages) CryptSSLeay LWP TimeDate DBFile FileDesktopEntry;
   };
@@ -1303,6 +1301,8 @@ let
 
   di = callPackage ../tools/system/di { };
 
+  diffoscope = callPackage ../tools/misc/diffoscope { };
+
   diffstat = callPackage ../tools/text/diffstat { };
 
   diffutils = callPackage ../tools/text/diffutils { };