diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ppdeep/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ppdeep/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbb5c3fc923c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ppdeep/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ppdeep";
+  version = "20200505";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1zx1h0ff0wjjkgd0dzjv31i6ag09jw2p9vcssc1iplp60awlpixc";
+  };
+
+  # Project has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ppdeep" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library for computing fuzzy hashes (ssdeep)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/elceef/ppdeep";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 01219719acc6..c42b53e6f61a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5249,6 +5249,8 @@ in {
 
   pkuseg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pkuseg { };
 
+  ppdeep = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ppdeep { };
+
   pynndescent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynndescent { };
 
   pynuki = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynuki { };