diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typecode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typecode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1208193f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typecode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, setuptools-scm
+, attrs
+, pdfminer
+, commoncode
+, plugincode
+, binaryornot
+, typecode-libmagic
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-xdist
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "typecode";
+  version = "21.2.24";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "eaac8aee0b9c6142ad44671252ba00748202d218347d1c0451ce6cd76561e01b";
+  };
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    attrs
+    pdfminer
+    commoncode
+    plugincode
+    binaryornot
+    typecode-libmagic
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-xdist
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "typecode"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Comprehensive filetype and mimetype detection using libmagic and Pygments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/typecode";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.determinatesystems.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7b7accd9b5b..607b62df10f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8722,6 +8722,8 @@ in {
 
   txtorcon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/txtorcon { };
 
+  typecode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typecode { };
+
   typed-ast = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typed-ast { };
 
   typeguard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typeguard { };