diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flametree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flametree/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4cba69afcb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flametree/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "flametree";
+  version = "0.1.11";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "c8eb81dea8c7f8261a2aa03d2bac98b1d21ebceec9c67efaac423f7c1b4fe061";
+  };
+
+  # no tests in tarball
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "flametree" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Edinburgh-Genome-Foundry/Flametree";
+    description = "Python file and zip operations made easy";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 57458230bb11..4ca83318c8a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2139,6 +2139,8 @@ in {
 
   flaky = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flaky { };
 
+  flametree = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flametree { };
+
   flammkuchen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flammkuchen { };
 
   flask-admin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flask-admin { };