diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/lepton/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/lepton/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fec092db0c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/lepton/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, git, glibc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.2.1";
+  name = "lepton-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "lepton";
+    owner = "dropbox";
+    rev = "c378cbfa2daaa99e8828be7395013f94cedb1bcc";
+    sha256 = "1f2vyp0crj4yw27bs53vykf2fqk4w57gv3lh9dp89dh3y7wwh1ba";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake git ];
+  buildInputs = [ glibc.static ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/dropbox/lepton;
+    description = "A tool to losslessly compress JPEGs";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ artemist ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f1ab70d6178..d3468d31f073 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1487,6 +1487,8 @@ in
 
   languagetool = callPackage ../tools/text/languagetool {  };
 
+  lepton = callPackage ../tools/graphics/lepton { };
+
   lief = callPackage ../development/libraries/lief {};
 
   libndtypes = callPackage ../development/libraries/libndtypes { };