diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jproperties/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jproperties/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0089e153f4f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jproperties/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, six
+, pytest-datadir
+, setuptools-scm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jproperties";
+  version = "2.1.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Tblue";
+    repo = "python-jproperties";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-O+ALeGHMNjW1dc9IRyLzO81k8DW2vbGjuZqXxgrhYjo=";
+  };
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest-datadir
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "setuptools_scm ~= 3.3" "setuptools_scm"
+    substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
+      --replace "--cov=jproperties --cov-report=term --cov-report=html --cov-branch" ""
+  '';
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # TypeError: 'PosixPath' object...
+    "tests/test_simple_utf8.py"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "jproperties"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Java Property file parser and writer for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Tblue/python-jproperties";
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 89e04e6a0912..55a885d4442e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4049,6 +4049,8 @@ in {
     inherit (self) systemd pytest;
   };
 
+  jproperties = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jproperties { };
+
   jpylyzer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jpylyzer { };
 
   JPype1 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/JPype1 { };