diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libspng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspng/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..798a993718049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libspng/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, stdenv
+, zlib
+, ninja
+, meson
+, pkg-config
+, cmake
+, libpng
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libspng";
+  version = "0.7.0-rc3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "randy408";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0n91mr06sr34cqq91738251iaw21h5c4jgjpn0kqfx69ywxcl9fj";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  mesonBuildType = "release";
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    # this is required to enable testing
+    # https://github.com/randy408/libspng/blob/bc383951e9a6e04dbc0766f6737e873e0eedb40b/tests/README.md#testing
+    "-Ddev_build=true"
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    cmake
+    libpng
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    ninja
+    meson
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple, modern libpng alternative";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/randy408/libspng";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ humancalico ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 122658d0848df..b9d3fc61e0beb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17422,6 +17422,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libspiro = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspiro {};
 
+  libspng = callPackage ../development/libraries/libspng { };
+
   libssh = callPackage ../development/libraries/libssh { };
 
   libssh2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libssh2 { };