diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datauri/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datauri/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da6ffe3bd266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datauri/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "datauri";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fcurella";
+    repo = "python-datauri";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Eevd/xxKgxvvsAfI/L/KShH+PfxffBGyVwKewLgyEu0=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "datauri"
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode
+    "tests/test_file_ebcdic.txt"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Data URI manipulation made easy.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fcurella/python-datauri";
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ yuu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6d16359d29f1..3ff64f4707f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2152,6 +2152,8 @@ in {
 
   datatable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datatable { };
 
+  datauri = callPackage ../development/python-modules/datauri { };
+
   dateparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dateparser { };
 
   dateutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dateutils { };