diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8e50945c3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, babl, libpng, cairo, libjpeg, which
+, librsvg, pango, gtk, bzip2, json-glib, intltool, autoreconfHook, libraw
+, libwebp, gnome3, libintl }:
+
+let
+  version = "0.4.0";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gegl-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.gimp.org/pub/gegl/${stdenv.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1ighk4z8nlqrzyj8w97s140hzj59564l3xv6fpzbr97m1zx2nkfh";
+  };
+
+  # needs fonts otherwise, don't know how to pass them
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-docs" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libpng cairo libjpeg librsvg pango gtk bzip2
+    libraw libwebp gnome3.gexiv2
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib json-glib babl ]; # for gegl-4.0.pc
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool which autoreconfHook libintl ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Graph-based image processing framework";
+    homepage = http://www.gegl.org;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jtojnar ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c1c63060734e..c9513d60db47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8904,6 +8904,10 @@ with pkgs;
     gtk = self.gtk2;
   };
 
+  gegl_0_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gegl/4.0.nix {
+    gtk = self.gtk2;
+  };
+
   geoclue = callPackage ../development/libraries/geoclue {};
 
   geoclue2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/geoclue/2.0.nix {};