diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/translitcodec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/translitcodec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20da4d3431c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/translitcodec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pytestCheckHook, pythonOlder }:
+
+let
+  pname = "translitcodec";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+in buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "claudep";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "version-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-/EKquTchx9i3fZqJ6AMzHYP9yCORvwbuUQ95WJQOQbI=";
+  };
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ pname ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Unicode to 8-bit charset transliteration codec";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/claudep/translitcodec";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rycee ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 43af34c604be..02fb6a00b055 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14457,6 +14457,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   translationstring = callPackage ../development/python-modules/translationstring { };
 
+  translitcodec = callPackage ../development/python-modules/translitcodec { };
+
   transmission-rpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmission-rpc { };
 
   transmissionrpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/transmissionrpc { };