diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/get-video-properties/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/get-video-properties/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89e01fedc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/get-video-properties/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, ffmpeg
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "get-video-properties";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mvasilkov";
+    repo = "python-get-video-properties";
+    rev = "944c68addbc27e320ebc6313d3f016fb69b5e880";
+    sha256 = "18aslx7amaiw31bl9gambmvzry7hp5nqab6kgp8sg3mz9ih4lzal";
+  };
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace videoprops/__init__.py \
+      --replace "which('ffprobe')" "'${ffmpeg}/bin/ffprobe'"
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "videoprops" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Get video properties";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mvasilkov/python-get-video-properties";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 256c91dbbd1..0b2f83cd491 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2675,6 +2675,8 @@ in {
 
   getkey = callPackage ../development/python-modules/getkey { };
 
+  get-video-properties = callPackage ../development/python-modules/get-video-properties { };
+
   gevent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent { };
 
   geventhttpclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geventhttpclient { };