diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/headerparser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/headerparser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e7ddbb0c2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/headerparser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, entry-points-txt
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "headerparser";
+  version = "0.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi{
+    inherit pname;
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "b8ceae4c5e6133fda666d022684e93f9b3d45815c2c7881018123c71ff28c5cc";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    six
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jwodder/headerparser";
+    description = "argparse for mail-style headers";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 240da76ca4fb..d0416bf6b367 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3434,6 +3434,8 @@ in {
 
   hdmedians = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hdmedians { };
 
+  headerparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/headerparser { };
+
   heapdict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/heapdict { };
 
   helpdev = callPackage ../development/python-modules/helpdev { };