diff --git a/.bldr.toml b/.bldr.toml
index 8a614a67d7..8ba05dc349 100644
--- a/.bldr.toml
+++ b/.bldr.toml
@@ -875,6 +875,8 @@ plan_path = "php5"
 plan_path = "pixman"
 [pkg-config]
 plan_path = "pkg-config"
+[pngquant]
+plan_path = "pngquant"
 [polipo]
 plan_path = "polipo"
 [ponysay]
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index b93b1bb212..928dc0f330 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ nmap @defilan
 nuget @mwrock
 optipng @predominant
 pango @rsertelon
+pngquant @predominant
 protobuf-cpp @afiune
 rabbitmqadmin @predominant
 redis @irvingpop
diff --git a/pngquant/README.md b/pngquant/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b127b13143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pngquant/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Habitat package: pngquant
+
+Lossy PNG compressor.
+
+## Maintainers
+
+The Habitat Maintainers (humans@habitat.sh).
+
+## Type of package
+
+Library package. Include this plan as a runtime or build dependency for plans that require `pngquant`.
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+pkg_deps=(
+  core/pngquant
+)
+```
+
+or
+
+```
+pkg_build_deps=(
+  core/pngquant
+)
+```
diff --git a/pngquant/plan.sh b/pngquant/plan.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6966f031d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pngquant/plan.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+pkg_name=pngquant
+pkg_origin=core
+pkg_version="2.11.7"
+pkg_maintainer="The Habitat Maintainers <humans@habitat.sh>"
+pkg_license=("GPL-3.0-only")
+pkg_source="https://github.com/kornelski/${pkg_name}/archive/${pkg_version}.tar.gz"
+pkg_shasum="0ca09a1f253b264e5aab8477b7f0e3cde51d9f88ed668b38ae057ced24076bda"
+pkg_deps=(
+  core/coreutils
+)
+pkg_build_deps=(
+  core/make
+  core/gcc
+  core/libpng
+  core/zlib
+  core/pkg-config
+  core/libimagequant
+)
+pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
+pkg_description="Lossy PNG compressor"
+pkg_upstream_url="https://pngquant.org"
+
+do_build() {
+  fix_interpreter "configure" core/coreutils bin/env
+  do_default_build
+}
+
+do_install() {
+  cp COPYRIGHT "${pkg_prefix}"
+  do_default_install
+}