diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/diffuse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/diffuse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb1646dbbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/diffuse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ lib, gitUpdater
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, gettext
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, gobject-introspection
+, pango
+, gdk-pixbuf
+, python3
+, atk
+}:
+
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "diffuse";
+  version = "0.7.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "MightyCreak";
+    repo = "diffuse";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0nd1fyl40wyc98jclcxv8zlnm744lrr51fahh5h9v4ksk184h4z8";
+  };
+
+  format = "other";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    wrapGAppsHook
+    meson
+    ninja
+    gettext
+    gobject-introspection
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gobject-introspection
+    pango
+    gdk-pixbuf
+    atk
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    pycairo
+    pygobject3
+  ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Db_ndebug=true"
+  ];
+
+  # to avoid running gtk-update-icon-cache, update-desktop-database and glib-compile-schemas
+  DESTDIR = "/";
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gitUpdater {
+      inherit pname version;
+      rev-prefix = "v";
+    };
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/MightyCreak/diffuse";
+    description = "Graphical tool for merging and comparing text files";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ k3a ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75a5459f788..0c7cae39946 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28848,6 +28848,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   diff-pdf = callPackage ../applications/misc/diff-pdf { wxGTK = wxGTK31; };
 
+  diffuse = callPackage ../applications/misc/diffuse { };
+
   mlocate = callPackage ../tools/misc/mlocate { };
 
   plocate = callPackage ../tools/misc/plocate { };