diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysrt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysrt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..076838425a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysrt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonApplication
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, chardet
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  name = "pysrt-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "byroot";
+    repo = "pysrt";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0rwjaf26885vxhxnas5d8zwasvj7x88y4y2pdivjd4vdcpqrqdjn";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests -v
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ chardet ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/byroot/pysrt;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    description = "Python library used to edit or create SubRip files";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 10b66b59ef11..dad25ef479c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9122,6 +9122,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  pysrt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysrt { };
+
   pytools = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pytools-${version}";
     version = "2016.2.1";