diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/broadlink/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/broadlink/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1ecddded77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/broadlink/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage
+, pyaes, pycrc }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "broadlink";
+  version = "0.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "10dnd859yjh1h6qrxhvkslbsj5fh5g654xsq2yqblkkv3xd711rs";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace pyaes==1.6.0 pyaes
+    '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyaes pycrc ];
+
+  # no tests available
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python API for controlling Broadlink IR controllers";
+    homepage =  http://github.com/mjg59/python-broadlink;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6c5870b529c..f8b6990ce83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ in {
 
   brotli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/brotli { };
 
+  broadlink = callPackage ../development/python-modules/broadlink { };
+
   browser-cookie3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/browser-cookie3 { };
 
   browsermob-proxy = disabledIf isPy3k (callPackage ../development/python-modules/browsermob-proxy {});