diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/distlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/distlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bdc31856f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/distlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "distlib";
+  version = "0.2.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "068zqb3w7nyqiv2hpy0zcpz2xd6xwhq5chigqrp9h9zav7bpr5sp";
+    extension = "zip";
+  };
+
+  # Tests use pypi.org.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Low-level components of distutils2/packaging";
+    homepage = https://distlib.readthedocs.io;
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lnl7 ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d3ec3961f7e..f011fdd1236 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ in {
 
   distorm3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/distorm3 { };
 
+  distlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/distlib { };
+
   distributed = callPackage ../development/python-modules/distributed { };
 
   docutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docutils { };