diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/versionfinder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versionfinder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6c36e07c51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/versionfinder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, GitPython, pytest, backoff, requests }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "versionfinder";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jantman";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "16mvjwyhmw39l8by69dgr9b9jnl7yav36523lkh7w7pwd529pbb9";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    GitPython
+    backoff
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "versionfinder" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Find the version of another package, whether installed via pip, setuptools or git";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jantman/versionfinder";
+    license = licenses.agpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zakame ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5d8014dbdaa8..7b422e43f20c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9530,6 +9530,8 @@ in {
 
   versioneer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versioneer { };
 
+  versionfinder = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versionfinder { };
+
   versiontag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versiontag { };
 
   versiontools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/versiontools { };