diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/image-acquisition/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/image-acquisition/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08c4305999b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/image-acquisition/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ buildOctavePackage
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, libv4l
+, fltk
+}:
+
+buildOctavePackage rec {
+  pname = "image-acquisition";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1amp6npkddnnz2i5rm6gvn65qrbn0nxzl2cja3dvc2xqg396wrhh";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libv4l
+    fltk
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://octave.sourceforge.io/image-acquisition/index.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
+    description = "Functions to capture images from connected devices";
+    longDescription = ''
+      The Octave-forge Image Aquisition package provides functions to
+      capture images from connected devices. Currently only v4l2 is supported.
+    '';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 1c878135f2fe..ef2f9e4d3db6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ makeScope newScope (self:
 
     image = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/image { };
 
+    image-acquisition = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/image-acquisition { };
+
     io = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/io {
       inherit (octave) enableJava;
     };