diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5366eeb9c232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "brotli";
+  version = "1.0.5";
+
+  # PyPI doesn't contain tests so let's use GitHub
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "google";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0ssj7mnhpdpk7qnwr49qfd4gxhkmvbli5mhs274pz55cx1xp7xja";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest python/tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/google/brotli;
+    description = "Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 20ba493da153..173584311ee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ in {
 
   breathe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/breathe { };
 
+  brotli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/brotli { };
+
   browser-cookie3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/browser-cookie3 { };
 
   browsermob-proxy = disabledIf isPy3k (callPackage ../development/python-modules/browsermob-proxy {});