diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghdiff.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghdiff.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..156d9f23729b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghdiff.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl
+, zope_testrunner, six, chardet}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "ghdiff-0.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/g/ghdiff/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "17mdhi2sq9017nq8rkjhhc87djpi5z99xiil0xz17dyplr7nmkqk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zope_testrunner ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six chardet ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage =  https://github.com/kilink/ghdiff;
+    license = license.mit;
+    description = "Generate Github-style HTML for unified diffs.";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cb28d01b2b81..b400c5a41a59 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -12082,6 +12082,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  ghdiff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ghdiff.nix { };
+
   gipc = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "gipc-0.5.0";
     disabled = !isPy26 && !isPy27;