diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/packbits/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packbits/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..561903e8f5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/packbits/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyparsing
+, six
+, pytest
+, pretend
+, lib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "packbits";
+  version = "0.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "bc6b370bb34e04ac8cfa835e06c0484380affc6d593adb8009dd6c0f7bfff034";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "PackBits encoder/decoder for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/psd-tools/packbits";
+    license = [ licenses.mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ grahamc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 639e2b14eb43..16d176e4bd89 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5642,6 +5642,8 @@ in {
 
   packaging = callPackage ../development/python-modules/packaging { };
 
+  packbits = callPackage ../development/python-modules/packbits { };
+
   packet-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/packet-python { };
 
   pafy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pafy { };