diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a445fe9bbbc..18706001b21 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -21497,6 +21497,22 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  purepng = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "purepng-${version}";
+    version = "0.2.0";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/p/purepng/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "1kcl7a6d7d59360fbz2jwfk6ha6pmqgn396962p4s62j893d2r0d";
+    };
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Pure Python library for PNG image encoding/decoding";
+      homepage    = https://github.com/scondo/purepng;
+      license     = licenses.mit;
+    };
+  };
+
   pymaging = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pymaging-unstable-2016-11-16";