diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/jpegrescan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/jpegrescan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c65c7da3a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/jpegrescan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, libjpeg_turbo, perl, perlPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "jpegrescan";
+  date = "2016-06-01";
+  name = "${pname}-${date}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kud";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "e5e39cd972b48ccfb2cba4da6855c511385c05f9";
+    sha256 = "0jbx1vzkzif6yjx1fnsm7fjsmq166sh7mn22lf01ll7s245nmpdp";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    patchShebangs jpegrescan
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/jpegrescan
+    mv README.md $out/share/jpegrescan/
+    mkdir $out/bin
+    mv jpegrescan $out/bin
+    chmod +x $out/bin/jpegrescan
+
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/jpegrescan --prefix PERL5LIB : $PERL5LIB
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ perlPackages.FileSlurp ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    perl libjpeg_turbo makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "losslessly shrink any JPEG file";
+    homepage = https://github.com/kud/jpegrescan;
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ramkromberg ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c153271422f7..f5b2c7013c71 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2145,6 +2145,8 @@ in
 
   jpegoptim = callPackage ../applications/graphics/jpegoptim { };
 
+  jpegrescan = callPackage ../applications/graphics/jpegrescan { };
+
   jq = callPackage ../development/tools/jq { };
 
   jo = callPackage ../development/tools/jo { };