diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylzma/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylzma/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78bc24d35d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylzma/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylzma";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  # This vendors an old LZMA SDK
+  # After some discussion, it seemed most reasonable to keep it that way
+  # xz, and uefi-firmware-parser also does this
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "074anvhyjgsv2iby2ql1ixfvjgmhnvcwjbdz8gk70xzkzcm1fx5q";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pylzma" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://www.joachim-bauch.de/projects/pylzma/";
+    description = "Platform independent python bindings for the LZMA compression library";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dandellion ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5cab2a4f0c7d..d18cdc0e967e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6211,6 +6211,8 @@ in {
 
   pylxd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylxd { };
 
+  pylzma = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylzma { };
+
   pymacaroons = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymacaroons { };
 
   pymaging = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymaging { };