diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index 92a491a0056..8ea1dba54ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
       sip
       # the following are distributed with calibre, but we use upstream instead
       odfpy
-    ]
+    ] ++ lib.optional (unrarSupport) unrardll
   );
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unrardll/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unrardll/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49e070b8463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unrardll/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, unrar }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "unrardll";
+  version = "0.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4149c0729cf96a0bae80360e7d94dc40af1088c8da7f6eb8d10e09b8632e92ad";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unrar ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "unrardll" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Wrap the Unrar DLL to enable unraring of files in python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kovidgoyal/unrardll";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nyanloutre ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bec5ad3ef64..79a3b377279 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7568,6 +7568,8 @@ in {
 
   unpaddedbase64 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unpaddedbase64 { };
 
+  unrardll = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unrardll { };
+
   unrpa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unrpa { };
 
   untangle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/untangle { };