diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pkgdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pkgdiff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c9c0f9bfaff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pkgdiff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, perl, wdiff }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.7.2";
+  pname = "pkgdiff";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lvc";
+    repo = "pkgdiff";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1ahknyx0s54frbd3gqh070lkv3j1b344jrs6m6p1s1lgwbd70vnb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/pkgdiff --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ wdiff ]}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A tool for visualizing changes in Linux software packages";
+    homepage = https://lvc.github.io/pkgdiff/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sweber ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1ef94f23726b..865644a5719e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13251,6 +13251,8 @@ in
 
   pkcs11helper = callPackage ../development/libraries/pkcs11helper { };
 
+  pkgdiff = callPackage ../tools/misc/pkgdiff { };
+
   plib = callPackage ../development/libraries/plib { };
 
   pocketsphinx = callPackage ../development/libraries/pocketsphinx { };