diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/importlib-metadata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/importlib-metadata/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55c835e75cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/importlib-metadata/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pathlib2
+, contextlib2
+, isPy3k
+, importlib-resources
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "importlib-metadata";
+  version = "0.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "importlib_metadata";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "36b02c84f9001adf65209fefdf951be8e9014a95eab9938c0779ad5670359b1c";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ pathlib2 contextlib2 ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ importlib-resources ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Read metadata from Python packages";
+    homepage = https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e2edd49c5c63..23e40d6c2508 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5078,6 +5078,8 @@ in {
 
   nanoleaf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nanoleaf { };
 
+  importlib-metadata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/importlib-metadata {};
+
   importlib-resources = callPackage ../development/python-modules/importlib-resources {};
 
 });