diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastbencode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastbencode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87072491cef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastbencode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, python, cython }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fastbencode";
+  version = "0.0.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-tryavlQtBmN5NSlXb0m6iJFQhVT4XQm11tXtevfgxuQ=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "fastbencode" ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest fastbencode.tests.test_suite
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fast implementation of bencode";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/breezy-team/fastbencode";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dbdaba232b4b..047ac247ddb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2840,6 +2840,8 @@ in {
 
   fastavro = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastavro { };
 
+  fastbencode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastbencode { };
+
   fastcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastcache { };
 
   fastcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fastcore { };