diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/defcon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/defcon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25c59029992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/defcon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder
+, fonttools
+, pytest, pytestrunner, lxml, fs, unicodedata2, fontpens
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "defcon";
+  version = "0.7.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1lfqsvxmq1j0nvp26gidnqkj1dyxv7jalc6i7fz1r3nc7niflrqr";
+    extension = "zip";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    fonttools
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytestrunner
+    lxml
+    fs
+    unicodedata2
+    fontpens
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A set of UFO based objects for use in font editing applications";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/robotools/defcon";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cc7fac2154a..5ec5a0275e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2210,6 +2210,8 @@ in {
 
   debian = callPackage ../development/python-modules/debian {};
 
+  defcon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/defcon { };
+
   defusedxml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/defusedxml {};
 
   dodgy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dodgy { };