diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/filetype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/filetype/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e47c007b9678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/filetype/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "filetype";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  # No tests in PyPI tarball
+  # See https://github.com/h2non/filetype.py/pull/33
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "h2non";
+    repo = "filetype.py";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "000gl3q2cadfnmqnbxg31ppc3ak8blzb4nfn75faxbp7b6r5qgr2";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Infer file type and MIME type of any file/buffer";
+    homepage = https://github.com/h2non/filetype.py;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6d672834dd3b..7f29e7eace3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1745,6 +1745,8 @@ in {
 
   fb-re2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fb-re2 { };
 
+  filetype = callPackage ../development/python-modules/filetype { };
+
   flexmock = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flexmock { };
 
   flit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flit { };