diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/blur-effect/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/blur-effect/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5bb209984396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/blur-effect/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, cmake, gdk_pixbuf, libGL, mesa }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "blur-effect";
+  version = "1.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sonald";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0cjw7iz0p7x1bi4vmwrivfidry5wlkgfgdl9wly88cm3z9ib98jj";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gdk_pixbuf
+    libGL
+    mesa
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/sonald/blur-effect;
+    description = "Off-screen image blurring utility using OpenGL ES 3.0";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # packages 'libdrm' and 'gbm' not found
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ romildo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe051ee3bcf6..7dd4a3ad6c9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ in
 
   bluemix-cli = callPackage ../tools/admin/bluemix-cli { };
 
+  blur-effect = callPackage ../tools/graphics/blur-effect { };
+
   charles = charles4;
   inherit (callPackage ../applications/networking/charles {})
     charles3