diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/2_3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/2_3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..094697ba1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pdal/2_3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{ lib, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, cmake
+, pkg-config
+, openscenegraph
+, curl
+, gdal
+, hdf5-cpp
+, LASzip
+, libe57format
+, libgeotiff
+, libxml2
+, postgresql
+, tiledb
+, xercesc
+, zlib
+, zstd
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "pdal";
+  version = "2.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PDAL";
+    repo = "PDAL";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-DKIraCyp8fcgnVp5dFrtQ4Wq96cQGC9SiAPLS6htUZc=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # fix build with GCC 11
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/commit/47e1eb2dc884d1b8c5caa8e3b48ef90f4f12c68d.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-Ls2LkVpbwQAMt2Iuq0zq9D9l2eyP8m1IO3poCnbxGDU=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    openscenegraph
+    curl
+    gdal
+    hdf5-cpp
+    LASzip
+    libe57format
+    libgeotiff
+    libxml2
+    postgresql
+    tiledb
+    xercesc
+    zlib
+    zstd
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_E57=ON"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_HDF=ON"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_PGPOINTCLOUD=ON"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_TILEDB=ON"
+
+    # Plugins can probably not be made work easily:
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_CPD=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_FBX=OFF" # Autodesk FBX SDK is gratis+proprietary; not packaged in nixpkgs
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_GEOWAVE=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_I3S=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_ICEBRIDGE=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_MATLAB=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_MBIO=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_MRSID=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_NITF=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_OCI=OFF"
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_RDBLIB=OFF" # Riegl rdblib is proprietary; not packaged in nixpkgs
+    "-DBUILD_PLUGIN_RIVLIB=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "PDAL is Point Data Abstraction Library. GDAL for point cloud data";
+    homepage = "https://pdal.io";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nh2 ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98186dd4c45..7ca4a0384a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20027,6 +20027,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pdal = callPackage ../development/libraries/pdal { } ;
 
+  pdal_2_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/pdal/2_3.nix { } ;
+
   pdf2xml = callPackage ../development/libraries/pdf2xml {} ;
 
   pe-parse = callPackage ../development/libraries/pe-parse { };