diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vfblib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vfblib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81f0ac7c95fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vfblib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
+  fonttools,
+  typing-extensions,
+  ufonormalizer,
+  ufolib2,
+  defcon,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "vfblib";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LucasFonts";
+    repo = "vfbLib";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-1F7Em3qX5QKHaGDYVfEOHwYu3PxZUWboe67Hgitvebc=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    fonttools
+    typing-extensions
+    ufonormalizer
+    ufolib2
+    defcon
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "vfbLib" ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Converter and deserializer for FontLab Studio 5 VFB files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/LucasFonts/vfbLib";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jopejoe1 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7c5ac7cbb3fc..71226ab320d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17027,6 +17027,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   veryprettytable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/veryprettytable { };
 
+  vfblib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vfblib { };
+
   vg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vg { };
 
   vharfbuzz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/vharfbuzz { };