diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs
index c142b62cd..0532e7b7f 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianBlur.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
     using System;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Applies a Gaussian blur to the image.
+    /// Applies a Gaussian blur filter to the image.
     /// </summary>
     public class GuassianBlur : Convolution2PassFilter
     {
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianSharpen.cs b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianSharpen.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd7befdad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/Filters/Convolution/GuassianSharpen.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+// <copyright file="GuassianSharpen.cs" company="James South">
+// Copyright (c) James South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageProcessor.Filters
+{
+    using System;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Applies a Gaussian sharpening filter to the image.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GuassianSharpen : Convolution2PassFilter
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum size of the kernal in either direction.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly int kernelSize;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The spread of the blur.
+        /// </summary>
+        private readonly float sigma;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The vertical kernel
+        /// </summary>
+        private float[,] kernelY;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The horizontal kernel
+        /// </summary>
+        private float[,] kernelX;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GuassianSharpen"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sigma">
+        /// The 'sigma' value representing the weight of the sharpening.
+        /// </param>
+        public GuassianSharpen(float sigma = 3f)
+        {
+            this.kernelSize = ((int)Math.Ceiling(sigma) * 2) + 1;
+            this.sigma = sigma;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override float[,] KernelX => this.kernelX;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override float[,] KernelY => this.kernelY;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override int Parallelism => 1;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        protected override void OnApply(Rectangle targetRectangle, Rectangle sourceRectangle)
+        {
+            if (this.kernelY == null)
+            {
+                this.kernelY = this.CreateGaussianKernel(false);
+            }
+
+            if (this.kernelX == null)
+            {
+                this.kernelX = this.CreateGaussianKernel(true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Create a 1 dimensional Gaussian kernel using the Gaussian G(x) function
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="horizontal">Whether to calculate a horizontal kernel.</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="T:float[,]"/></returns>
+        private float[,] CreateGaussianKernel(bool horizontal)
+        {
+            int size = this.kernelSize;
+            float weight = this.sigma;
+            float[,] kernel = horizontal ? new float[1, size] : new float[size, 1];
+            float sum = 0;
+
+            float midpoint = (size - 1) / 2f;
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+            {
+                float x = i - midpoint;
+                float gx = ImageMaths.Gaussian(x, weight);
+                sum += gx;
+                if (horizontal)
+                {
+                    kernel[0, i] = gx;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    kernel[i, 0] = gx;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Invert the kernel for sharpening.
+            int midpointRounded = (int)midpoint;
+
+            if (horizontal)
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+                {
+                    if (i == midpointRounded)
+                    {
+                        // Calculate central value
+                        kernel[0, i] = (2f * sum) - kernel[0, i];
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // invert value
+                        kernel[0, i] = -kernel[0, i];
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+                {
+                    if (i == midpointRounded)
+                    {
+                        // Calculate central value
+                        kernel[i, 0] = (2 * sum) - kernel[i, 0];
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // invert value
+                        kernel[i, 0] = -kernel[i, 0];
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Normalise kernel so that the sum of all weights equals 1
+            if (horizontal)
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+                {
+                    kernel[0, i] = kernel[0, i] / sum;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
+                {
+                    kernel[i, 0] = kernel[i, 0] / sum;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return kernel;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj b/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj
index 19f6584e8..8e9ef8c0a 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj
+++ b/src/ImageProcessor/ImageProcessor.csproj
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Filters\Convolution\EdgeDetection\Kirsch.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\Convolution\EdgeDetection\Kayyali.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\Convolution\EdgeDetection\Sobel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Filters\Convolution\GuassianSharpen.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\Convolution\GuassianBlur.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\Invert.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Filters\Alpha.cs" />
diff --git a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
index 4db94c522..98102f9b1 100644
--- a/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageProcessor.Tests/Processors/Filters/FilterTests.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ namespace ImageProcessor.Tests
             //{ "RobertsCross", new RobertsCross() },
             //{ "Scharr", new Scharr() },
             //{ "Sobel", new Sobel() },
-            { "GuassianBlur", new GuassianBlur(10) }
+            //{ "GuassianBlur", new GuassianBlur() },
+            { "GuassianSharpen", new GuassianSharpen() }
         };
 
         [Theory]