diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanfriendly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanfriendly/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bef32f947c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanfriendly/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, pythonOlder
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, monotonic
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "humanfriendly";
+  version = "4.18";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "33ee8ceb63f1db61cce8b5c800c531e1a61023ac5488ccde2ba574a85be00a85";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.3") monotonic;
+
+  # humanfriendly tests depends on coloredlogs which itself depends on
+  # humanfriendly. This lead to infinite recursion when trying to
+  # build this package so we have to disable the test suite :(
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Human friendly output for text interfaces using Python";
+    homepage = https://humanfriendly.readthedocs.io/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ montag451 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index be32ea665e6..1572eb7f654 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1983,6 +1983,8 @@ in {
 
   humanize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/humanize { };
 
+  humanfriendly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/humanfriendly { };
+
   hupper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hupper {};
 
   hsaudiotag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hsaudiotag { };