diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ha-ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ha-ffmpeg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4259b7ad0537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ha-ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
+, ffmpeg, async-timeout }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ha-ffmpeg";
+  version = "1.9";
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0644j5fqw8p6li6nrnm1rw7nhvsixq1c7gik3f1yx50776yg05i8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ffmpeg ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ async-timeout ];
+
+  # only manual tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/pvizeli/ha-ffmpeg;
+    description = "Library for home-assistant to handle ffmpeg";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ff5972e38b4..68a8ff360509 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ in {
     hdf5 = pkgs.hdf5-mpi;
   };
 
+  ha-ffmpeg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ha-ffmpeg { };
+
   habanero = callPackage ../development/python-modules/habanero { };
 
   i3ipc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/i3ipc { };