diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyclipper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyclipper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eaf20baf75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyclipper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, setuptools_scm
+, cython
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyclipper";
+  version = "1.1.0.post3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "164yksvqwqvwzh8f8lq92asg87hd8rvcy2xb5vm4y4ccvd5xgb7i";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools_scm
+    cython
+  ];
+
+  # Requires pytest_runner to perform tests, which requires deprecated
+  # features of setuptools. Seems better to not run tests. This should
+  # be fixed upstream.
+  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyclipper" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cython wrapper for clipper library";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/fonttools/pyclipper";
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthuszagh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ea246c3f86a..3276a9bfcd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@ in {
 
   purl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/purl { };
 
+  pyclipper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyclipper { };
+
   pymystem3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymystem3 { };
 
   pymysql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymysql { };