diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-multibase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-multibase/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59876b473a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/py-multibase/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy27
+, lib
+, morphys
+, pytest
+, pytestrunner
+, python-baseconv
+, six
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "py-multibase";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version ;
+    sha256 = "6ed706ea321b487ba82e4172a9c82d61dacd675c865f576a937a94bca1a23443";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace "[pytest]" ""
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg --replace "python_classes = *TestCase" ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pytestrunner
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    morphys
+    six
+    python-baseconv
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Multibase is a protocol for distinguishing base encodings and other simple string encodings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/multiformats/py-multibase";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rakesh4g ];
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a706d420e7b4..ad22e5dbcd16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1129,6 +1129,8 @@ in {
 
   py-lru-cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-lru-cache { };
 
+  py-multibase = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-multibase { };
+
   py-multihash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-multihash { };
 
   py-radix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py-radix { };