diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/dwdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/dwdiff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..320f8e25bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/dwdiff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, gettext
+, pkg-config
+, icu
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "dwdiff";
+  version = "2.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://os.ghalkes.nl/dist/dwdiff-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-3xb+xE3LRn1lpCRqQ2KPk3QZlsF3PpMLkMbd4i3Vjgo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    icu
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Front-end for the diff program that operates at the word level instead of the line level";
+    homepage = "https://os.ghalkes.nl/dwdiff.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ onny ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 593e6a4504d..01fbd8076ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5500,6 +5500,8 @@ with pkgs;
     tk = tk-8_5;
   };
 
+  dwdiff = callPackage ../applications/misc/dwdiff { };
+
   picoscope = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/picoscope { };
 
   picotts = callPackage ../tools/audio/picotts { };