diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlmin.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlmin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35f86479a4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlmin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "htmlmin";
+  version = "0.1.10";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ca5c5dfbb0fa58562e5cbc8dc026047f6cb431d4333504b11853853be448aa63";
+  };
+
+  # Tests run fine in a normal source checkout, but not when being built by nix.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A configurable HTML Minifier with safety features";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/htmlmin;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.ahmedtd];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fc9e96cc5f69..a3e0b3feaa9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7749,6 +7749,9 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
+
+  htmlmin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmlmin.nix {};
+
   httpauth = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.3";
     name = "httpauth-${version}";