diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-frontmatter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-frontmatter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8edd8755667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-frontmatter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-frontmatter";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "eyeseast";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1iki3rcbg7zs93m3mgqzncybqgdcch25qpwy84iz96qq8pipfs6g";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    pyyaml
+    six
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/eyeseast/python-frontmatter";
+    description = "Parse and manage posts with YAML (or other) frontmatter";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ siraben ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7ee90734ecb..6f2daeefb75 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5848,6 +5848,8 @@ in {
 
   python-forecastio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-forecastio { };
 
+  python-frontmatter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-frontmatter { };
+
   python-gitlab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-gitlab { };
 
   python-gnupg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-gnupg { };