diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zstandard/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zstandard/default.nix
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..bcac246e8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zstandard/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, cffi
+, hypothesis
+, zstd
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zstandard";
+  version = "0.13.0";
+  
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "e5cbd8b751bd498f275b0582f449f92f14e64f4e03b5bf51c571240d40d43561";
+  };
+  
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi zstd ];
+  
+  checkInputs = [ hypothesis ];
+    
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "zstandard bindings for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.arnoldfarkas ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 02c6ef3cd26..ed8f513db86 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6764,6 +6764,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) zstd pkgconfig;
   };
 
+  zstandard = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zstandard { };
+
   zxcvbn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zxcvbn { };
 
   incremental = callPackage ../development/python-modules/incremental { };