diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlgen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6dbb101b552e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htmlgen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
+  asserts,
+  mypy,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "htmlgen";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "srittau";
+    repo = "python-htmlgen";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-RmJKaaTB+xvsJ+9jM21ZUNVTlr7ebPW785A8OXrpDoY=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    mypy
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    asserts
+  ];
+  # From some reason, using unittestCheckHook doesn't work, and the list of
+  # test files have to be used explicitly, and also without the `discover`
+  # argument.
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    python -m unittest test_htmlgen/*.py
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "htmlgen"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python HTML 5 Generator";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/srittau/python-htmlgen";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/srittau/python-htmlgen/blob/v${version}/NEWS.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4e1975ab7324..eb0631c30041 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6062,6 +6062,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   htmldate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmldate { };
 
+  htmlgen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmlgen { };
+
   htmllistparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmllistparse { };
 
   htmlmin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/htmlmin { };