diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jstyleson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jstyleson/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be6eff6755f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jstyleson/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jstyleson";
+  version = "0.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linjackson78";
+    repo = "jstyleson";
+    # https://github.com/linjackson78/jstyleson/issues/6
+    rev = "544b9fdb43339cdd15dd03dc69a6d0f36dd73241";
+    sha256 = "sha256-s/0DDfy+07TuUNjHPqKRT3xMMQl6spZCacB7Dweof7A=";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "jstyleson" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A python library to parse JSON with js-style comments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/linjackson78/jstyleson";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ambroisie ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2c1c961e03d7..b47d55ad0e55 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4872,6 +4872,8 @@ in {
 
   json-tricks = callPackage ../development/python-modules/json-tricks { };
 
+  jstyleson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jstyleson { };
+
   jug = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jug { };
 
   junitparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/junitparser { };