diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/empty-files/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/empty-files/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6c31519efcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/empty-files/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "empty-files";
+  version = "0.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "approvals";
+    repo = "EmptyFiles.Python";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-K4rlVO1X1AWxYI3EqLsyQ5/Ist/jlwFrmOM4aMojtKU=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  # cyclic dependency with approvaltests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "empty_files" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Null Object pattern for files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/approvals/EmptyFiles.Python";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jonringer ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e55629918184..0f68fd116d6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2564,6 +2564,8 @@ in {
 
   emoji = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emoji { };
 
+  empty-files = callPackage ../development/python-modules/empty-files { };
+
   empy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/empy { };
 
   emulated-roku = callPackage ../development/python-modules/emulated-roku { };