diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfrw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfrw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15b8a8dc8d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfrw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pdfrw";
+  version = "0.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1x1yp63lg3jxpg9igw8lh5rc51q353ifsa1bailb4qb51r54kh0d";
+  };
+
+  # tests require the extra download of github.com/pmaupin/static_pdfs
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "pdfrw is a pure Python library that reads and writes PDFs.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pmaupin/pdfrw";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
+    license =  licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1d9a2c88b159..6f05a46a99c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4896,6 +4896,8 @@ in {
 
   pdfkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfkit { };
 
+  pdfrw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfrw { };
+
   periodictable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/periodictable { };
 
   pgcli = callPackage ../development/tools/database/pgcli {};