diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexiftool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexiftool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7240658ef33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyexiftool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, exiftool
+, setuptools
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyexiftool";
+  version = "0.5.6";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sylikc";
+    repo = "pyexiftool";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-dgQkbpCbdq2JbupY0DyQbHPR9Bg+bwDo7yN03o3sX+A=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace exiftool/constants.py \
+      --replace-fail 'DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE = "exiftool"' \
+                     'DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE = "${lib.getExe exiftool}"'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "exiftool" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/sylikc/pyexiftool/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    description = "Python wrapper for exiftool";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sylikc/pyexiftool";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ bsd3 /* or */ gpl3Plus ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bdd6908c95fe..64affaf3dff4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10533,6 +10533,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyexcel-xls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexcel-xls { };
 
+  pyexiftool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexiftool { };
+
   pyexploitdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyexploitdb { };
 
   pyezviz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyezviz { };