diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/remotezip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/remotezip/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a79b68e6b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/remotezip/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+, tabulate
+, pytestCheckHook
+, requests-mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "remotezip";
+  version = "0.12.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gtsystem";
+    repo = "python-remotezip";
+    # upstream does not tag releases, determined with git blame
+    # pypi archive lacks files for tests
+    rev = "da62e115bdb2071ad08a8c91f7ae48f2c1827e0c";
+    hash = "sha256-su4dlV8KZuewf/yGdTnGHK9hNLHwGe10ditmFcne4Us=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+    tabulate
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    requests-mock
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "remotezip"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module to access single members of a zip archive without downloading the full content";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/gtsystem/python-remotezip";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3710c88a2f6a..b667cd01f9ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9943,6 +9943,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   remote-pdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/remote-pdb { };
 
+  remotezip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/remotezip { };
+
   renault-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/renault-api { };
 
   rencode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rencode { };