diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fontconfig/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8faadffc112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fontconfig, python, freefont_ttf, makeFontsConf }:
+
+let
+  fontsConf = makeFontsConf {
+    fontDirectories = [ freefont_ttf ];
+  };
+in buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Python-fontconfig";
+  version = "0.5.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "154rfd0ygcbj9y8m32n537b457yijpfx9dvmf76vi0rg4ikf7kxp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ fontconfig ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export FONTCONFIG_FILE=${fontsConf};
+    echo y | ${python.interpreter} test/test.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/Vayn/python-fontconfig;
+    description = "Python binding for Fontconfig";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ gnidorah ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0f4cdf691715..daee60ccec43 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ in {
     };
   } else null;
 
+  python-fontconfig = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-fontconfig { };
+
   funcsigs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/funcsigs { };
 
   APScheduler = callPackage ../development/python-modules/APScheduler { };