diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdicom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdicom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb4d68121ef57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdicom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, uthash
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkg-config
+, check
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "libdicom";
+  version = "1.0.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ImagingDataCommons";
+    repo = "libdicom";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-9n0Gp9+fmTM/shgWC8zpwt1pic9BrvDubOt7f+ZDMeE=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ uthash ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck) [ check ];
+
+  mesonBuildType = "release";
+
+  mesonFlags = lib.optionals (!finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck) [ "-Dtests=false" ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "C library for reading DICOM files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/libdicom";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lromor ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b8ab214cc2cc1..8a89a8208b7b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22668,6 +22668,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libdex = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdex { };
 
+  libdicom = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdicom { };
+
   libdigidocpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdigidocpp { };
 
   libdiscid = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdiscid { };