diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zopfli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zopfli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58b7d43f3d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zopfli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zopfli";
+  version = "0.1.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0smaxh7iihjr9mwxw1ifc9vnlh3ra8l060dd1gbvp1963k0r68pd";
+    extension = "zip";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "cPython bindings for zopfli";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/obp/py-zopfli";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2ac4f92122a9..037b00d495a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6942,6 +6942,8 @@ in {
 
   zope_interface = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zope_interface { };
 
+  zopfli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zopfli { };
+
   hgsvn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hgsvn { };
 
   cliapp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cliapp { };