diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 67af96d..9526914 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ type Watermark struct {
 	Background  Color
 }
 
+type GaussianBlur struct {
+	Sigma   float64
+	MinAmpl float64
+}
+
 type Options struct {
 	Height         int
 	Width          int
@@ -117,4 +122,5 @@ type Options struct {
 	Type           ImageType
 	Interpolator   Interpolator
 	Interpretation Interpretation
+	GaussianBlur   GaussianBlur
 }
diff --git a/vips.go b/vips.go
index 7734057..fc8bc7c 100644
--- a/vips.go
+++ b/vips.go
@@ -432,3 +432,14 @@ func boolToInt(b bool) int {
 	}
 	return 0
 }
+
+func vipsGaussianBlur(image *C.VipsImage, o GaussianBlur) (*C.VipsImage, error) {
+	var out *C.VipsImage
+	defer C.g_object_unref(C.gpointer(image))
+
+	err := C.vips__gaussblur(image, &out, C.double(o.Sigma), C.double(o.MinAmpl))
+	if err != 0 {
+		return nil, catchVipsError()
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/vips.h b/vips.h
index 428e994..ee0be0f 100644
--- a/vips.h
+++ b/vips.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  */
 
 #if (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION == 7 && VIPS_MINOR_VERSION < 41)
+/* we need math.h for ceil() in vips__gaussblur */
+#include <math.h>
+
 #define VIPS_ANGLE_D0 VIPS_ANGLE_0
 #define VIPS_ANGLE_D90 VIPS_ANGLE_90
 #define VIPS_ANGLE_D180 VIPS_ANGLE_180
@@ -321,3 +324,12 @@ vips_watermark(VipsImage *in, VipsImage **out, WatermarkTextOptions *to, Waterma
 	g_object_unref(base);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int
+vips__gaussblur(VipsImage *in, VipsImage **out, double sigma, double min_ampl) {
+#if (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION == 7 && VIPS_MINOR_VERSION < 41)
+	return vips_gaussblur(in, out, ceil(sigma), NULL);
+#else
+	return vips_gaussblur(in, out, sigma, NULL, "min_ampl", min_ampl);
+#endif
+}