diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-string-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-string-utils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8d1b136fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-string-utils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-string-utils";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-3PkGCwPwdkfApgNAjciwP4B/O1SgXG4Z6xRGAlb6wMs=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = ["string_utils"];
+
+  # tests are not available in pypi tarball
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A handy Python library to validate, manipulate and generate strings.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/daveoncode/python-string-utils";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3e9626426f3..3e02d846029 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6359,6 +6359,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-shutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-shutil { };
 
+  python-string-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-string-utils { };
+
   pytest-socket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-socket { };
 
   pytest-subtesthack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-subtesthack { };