diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscrypt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..372f6db08324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscrypt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, python }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyscrypt";
+  version = "1.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1sd5pd5fpcdnpp4h58kdnvkf0s3afh4ssfqky2ap6z0gy6ax3zds";
+  };
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} tests/run-tests-hash.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ricmoo/pyscrypt/";
+    description = "Pure-Python implementation of Scrypt PBKDF and scrypt file format library";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ valodim ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 891dc4165ad6..32211448664d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1203,6 +1203,8 @@ in {
 
   simplefix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simplefix { };
 
+  pyscrypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscrypt { };
+
   pyside2-tools = toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyside2-tools {
     inherit (pkgs) cmake qt5;
   });