diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/liblzfse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/liblzfse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72159fa5f134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/liblzfse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lzfse
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyliblzfse";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "bb0b899b3830c02fdf3dbde48ea59611833f366fef836e5c32cf8145134b7d3d";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    rm -r lzfse
+    ln -s ${lzfse.src} lzfse
+  '';
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "liblzfse"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for LZFSE";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ydkhatri/pyliblzfse";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = teams.determinatesystems.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8d4b54299de2..c877b355873b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3897,6 +3897,10 @@ in {
 
   liblarch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/liblarch { };
 
+  liblzfse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/liblzfse {
+    inherit (pkgs) lzfse;
+  };
+
   libmodulemd = pipe pkgs.libmodulemd [
     toPythonModule
     (p: