diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/compat.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/compat.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd1ce2ed893a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/compat.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, graphicsmagick }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat-${version}";
+  inherit (graphicsmagick) version;
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  utils = [
+    "composite"
+    "conjure"
+    "convert"
+    "identify"
+    "mogrify"
+    "montage"
+    "animate"
+    "display"
+    "import"
+  ];
+
+  # TODO: symlink libraries?
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"/bin
+    mkdir -p "$out"/share/man/man1
+    for util in ''${utils[@]}; do
+      ln -s ${graphicsmagick}/bin/gm "$out/bin/$util"
+      ln -s ${graphicsmagick}/share/man/man1/gm.1.gz "$out/share/man/man1/$util.1.gz"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "ImageMagick interface for GraphicsMagick";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.free;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/default.nix
index 4258d91b42af..872afb39ec6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 , libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, libxml2, zlib, libtool, xz, libX11
 , libwebp, quantumdepth ? 8, fixDarwinDylibNames }:
 
-let version = "1.3.29"; in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "graphicsmagick-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.29";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/graphicsmagick/GraphicsMagick-${version}.tar.xz";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d6759098dfaa..1079126521e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16142,6 +16142,8 @@ with pkgs;
   graphicsmagick = callPackage ../applications/graphics/graphicsmagick { };
   graphicsmagick_q16 = callPackage ../applications/graphics/graphicsmagick { quantumdepth = 16; };
 
+  graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat = callPackage ../applications/graphics/graphicsmagick/compat.nix { };
+
   grisbi = callPackage ../applications/office/grisbi { gtk = gtk2; };
 
   gtkpod = callPackage ../applications/audio/gtkpod { };