diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rectpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rectpack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d469d7021ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rectpack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rectpack";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "secnot";
+    repo = "rectpack";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-kU0TT3wiudcLXrT+lYPYHYRtf7aNj/IKpnYKb/H91ng=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  # tests are base on nose
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rectpack" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Collection of algorithms for solving the 2D knapsack problem";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/secnot/rectpack";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fbeffa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a6a004a1d6b3..22129349db53 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13912,6 +13912,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   recordlinkage = callPackage ../development/python-modules/recordlinkage { };
 
+  rectpack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rectpack { };
+
   recurring-ical-events = callPackage ../development/python-modules/recurring-ical-events { };
 
   recursive-pth-loader = toPythonModule (callPackage ../development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader { });