diff --git a/jxl/src/render/stages/gaborish.rs b/jxl/src/render/stages/gaborish.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6281e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jxl/src/render/stages/gaborish.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Copyright (c) the JPEG XL Project Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+use crate::render::{RenderPipelineInOutStage, RenderPipelineStage};
+
+/// Apply Gabor-like filter to a channel.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct GaborishStage {
+    channel: usize,
+    weight_side: f32,
+    weight_diag: f32,
+}
+
+impl GaborishStage {
+    // TODO(tirr-c): remove once we use this!
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    pub fn new(channel: usize, weight1: f32, weight2: f32) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            channel,
+            weight_side: weight1,
+            weight_diag: weight2,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for GaborishStage {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Gaborish filter for channel {}", self.channel)
+    }
+}
+
+impl RenderPipelineStage for GaborishStage {
+    type Type = RenderPipelineInOutStage<f32, f32, 1, 1, 0, 0>;
+
+    fn uses_channel(&self, c: usize) -> bool {
+        c == self.channel
+    }
+
+    fn process_row_chunk(
+        &mut self,
+        _position: (usize, usize),
+        xsize: usize,
+        row: &mut [(&[&[f32]], &mut [&mut [f32]])],
+    ) {
+        let (rows_in, ref mut rows_out) = row[0];
+        let row_out = &mut rows_out[0][..xsize];
+
+        let weight_side = self.weight_side;
+        let weight_diag = self.weight_diag;
+        let weight_total = 1.0 + weight_side * 4.0 + weight_diag * 4.0;
+
+        let kernel_top_bottom = [weight_diag, weight_side, weight_diag].map(|x| x / weight_total);
+        let kernel_center = [weight_side, 1.0, weight_side].map(|x| x / weight_total);
+
+        for (idx, out) in row_out.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            let mut sum = 0f32;
+            let row_and_kernel = std::iter::zip(
+                rows_in,
+                [kernel_top_bottom, kernel_center, kernel_top_bottom],
+            );
+
+            for (row_in, kernel) in row_and_kernel {
+                for (dx, weight) in kernel.into_iter().enumerate() {
+                    sum += row_in[idx + dx] * weight;
+                }
+            }
+
+            *out = sum;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use test_log::test;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::error::Result;
+    use crate::image::Image;
+    use crate::render::test::make_and_run_simple_pipeline;
+    use crate::util::test::assert_all_almost_eq;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn consistency() -> Result<()> {
+        crate::render::test::test_stage_consistency::<_, f32, f32>(
+            GaborishStage::new(0, 0.115169525, 0.061248592),
+            (500, 500),
+            1,
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn checkerboard() -> Result<()> {
+        let mut image = Image::new((2, 2))?;
+        image.as_rect_mut().row(0).copy_from_slice(&[0.0, 1.0]);
+        image.as_rect_mut().row(1).copy_from_slice(&[1.0, 0.0]);
+
+        let stage = GaborishStage::new(0, 0.115169525, 0.061248592);
+        let (_, output) =
+            make_and_run_simple_pipeline::<_, f32, f32>(stage, &[image], (2, 2), 256)?;
+        let output = output[0].as_rect();
+
+        assert_all_almost_eq!(output.row(0), &[0.20686048, 0.7931395], 1e-6);
+        assert_all_almost_eq!(output.row(1), &[0.7931395, 0.20686048], 1e-6);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jxl/src/render/stages/mod.rs b/jxl/src/render/stages/mod.rs
index 4e4a209..20bf3b8 100644
--- a/jxl/src/render/stages/mod.rs
+++ b/jxl/src/render/stages/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 mod chroma_upsample;
 mod convert;
+mod gaborish;
 mod nearest_neighbor;
 mod noise;
 mod save;