diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debut/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debut/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02eece2fc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debut/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, chardet
+, attrs
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "debut";
+  version = "0.9.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "a3a71e475295f4cf4292440c9c7303ebca0309d395536d2a7f86a5f4d7465dc1";
+  };
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    chardet
+    attrs
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "debut"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library to parse Debian deb822-style control and copyright files ";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/debut";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 bsd3 mit ];
+    maintainers = teams.determinatesystems.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 13c9ce2adc8..59ca15fee62 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1777,6 +1777,8 @@ in {
 
   debugpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/debugpy { };
 
+  debut = callPackage ../development/python-modules/debut { };
+
   decorator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/decorator { };
 
   deep_merge = callPackage ../development/python-modules/deep_merge { };