diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymediainfo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymediainfo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3245c3d3c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymediainfo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage
+, libmediainfo
+, setuptools_scm
+, pytest, glibcLocales }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pymediainfo";
+  version = "2.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1d0mxxycacimy46b08q44xyxkyji7rrs7viwc3wkpckhqs54q24x";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pymediainfo/__init__.py \
+      --replace 'CDLL(library_file)' \
+                'CDLL("${libmediainfo}/lib/libmediainfo${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}")' \
+      --replace 'CDLL("libmediainfo.0.dylib")' \
+                'CDLL("${libmediainfo}/lib/libmediainfo.0${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}")' \
+      --replace 'CDLL("libmediainfo.dylib")' \
+                'CDLL("${libmediainfo}/lib/libmediainfo${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}")' \
+      --replace 'CDLL("libmediainfo.so.0")' \
+                'CDLL("${libmediainfo}/lib/libmediainfo${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}.0")'
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ glibcLocales pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+    py.test -k 'not test_parse_url' tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python wrapper for the mediainfo library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sbraz/pymediainfo;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jfrankenau ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 71875d9963e..8acd4e83961 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4025,6 +4025,8 @@ in {
 
   pylama = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylama { };
 
+  pymediainfo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymediainfo { };
+
   pyphen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyphen {};
 
   pypoppler = buildPythonPackage rec {