diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/puremagic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/puremagic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c635cdac186a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/puremagic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "puremagic";
+  version = "1.10";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "025ih5q1qa40x88j7ngsdr5sf0dp400kwlfzz60i7v6fh0ms1zkg";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace '"argparse"' ""
+  '';
+
+  # test data not included on pypi
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "puremagic" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure python implementation of magic file detection";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cdgriffith/puremagic";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b6c7c6e64ff3..3f729c461493 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5275,6 +5275,8 @@ in {
 
   pure-python-adb-homeassistant = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pure-python-adb-homeassistant { };
 
+  puremagic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/puremagic { };
+
   purl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/purl { };
 
   pushbullet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pushbullet { };