diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypng/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..968e9310318a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypng/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pypng";
+  version = "0.0.21";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "drj11";
+    repo = "pypng";
+    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-JU1GCSTm2s6Kczn6aRcF5DizPJVpizNtnAMJxTBi9vo=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "png" ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure Python library for PNG image encoding/decoding";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/drj11/pypng";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d00c9439daa7..15d5b1b9e109 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7424,6 +7424,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) jq;
   };
 
+  pypng = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pypng { };
+
   phonemizer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/phonemizer { };
 
   pyopencl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyopencl {