diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.28-GCCcore-10.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.28-GCCcore-10.3.0.eb
index 5fad5147c941..6cae6558a0a3 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.28-GCCcore-10.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.28-GCCcore-10.3.0.eb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.20.1'),
 ]
 
+dependencies = [('libheif', '1.12.0')]
+
 configopts = '-DJAS_ENABLE_DOC=OFF '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
index a3a9a8e799c7..15f22e4b9a40 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.21.1'),
 ]
 
+dependencies = [('libheif', '1.12.0')]
+
 configopts = '-DJAS_ENABLE_DOC=OFF '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
index ff6ab7548cf6..18315b5e85fe 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-2.0.33-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.23.1'),
 ]
 
+dependencies = [('libheif', '1.16.2')]
+
 configopts = '-DJAS_ENABLE_DOC=OFF '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
index 1568d4b64e4f..e9fc87db5374 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.26.3'),
 ]
 
+dependencies = [('libheif', '1.17.6')]
+
 configopts = '-DJAS_ENABLE_DOC=OFF '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index ab5a601586c1..b16237358a63 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.0.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
 ]
 
+dependencies = [('libheif', '1.19.5')]
+
 configopts = '-DJAS_ENABLE_DOC=OFF '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.2.4-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.2.4-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
index 14ce45ca6adc..228b9a59d18e 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.2.4-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/j/JasPer/JasPer-4.2.4-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.29.3'),
 ]
 
+dependencies = [('libheif', '1.19.5')]
+
 configopts = '-DJAS_ENABLE_DOC=OFF '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libde265/libde265-1.0.15-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libde265/libde265-1.0.15-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af37ecea3149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libde265/libde265-1.0.15-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
+# Author: Denis Kristak
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'libde265'
+version = '1.0.15'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/strukturag/libde265'
+description = "libde265 is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/releases/download/v%(version)s/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['00251986c29d34d3af7117ed05874950c875dd9292d016be29d3b3762666511d']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.42'),
+    ('CMake', '3.29.3'),
+]
+
+configopts = "-DENABLE_DECODER=ON -DENABLE_ENCODER=ON"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/dec265', 'bin/enc265', 'lib/libde265.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/pkgconfig/libde265.pc'],
+    'dirs': ['include/libde265', 'lib/cmake/libde265'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "dec265 --help",
+    "enc265 --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libheif/libheif-1.19.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libheif/libheif-1.19.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
index 6bf423096b7a..f6deb4c1a722 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libheif/libheif-1.19.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libheif/libheif-1.19.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ checksums = ['d3cf0a76076115a070f9bc87cf5259b333a1f05806500045338798486d0afbaf']
 builddependencies = [
     ('binutils', '2.40'),
     ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+    ('Doxygen', '1.9.8'),
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libheif/libheif-1.19.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libheif/libheif-1.19.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bce366babea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libheif/libheif-1.19.5-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
+# Author: Denis Kristak
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'libheif'
+version = '1.19.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/strukturag/libheif'
+description = "libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/download/v%(version)s/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['d3cf0a76076115a070f9bc87cf5259b333a1f05806500045338798486d0afbaf']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.42'),
+    ('CMake', '3.29.3'),
+    ('Doxygen', '1.11.0'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('libpng', '1.6.43'),
+    ('libjpeg-turbo', '3.0.1'),
+    ('libde265', '1.0.15'),
+    ('x265', '3.6'),
+    ('Gdk-Pixbuf', '2.42.11'),
+]
+
+# build both static and shared libraries
+configopts = [
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF",
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON",
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/heif-info', 'lib/libheif.a', 'lib/libheif.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/pkgconfig/libheif.pc'],
+    'dirs': ['include/libheif'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ["heif-info --help"]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'