diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyzbar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyzbar/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ba523f6b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyzbar/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, numpy, pillow, zbar, pytestCheckHook }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyzbar";
+  version = "0.1.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "NaturalHistoryMuseum";
+    repo = "pyzbar";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "8IZQY6qB4r1SUPItDlTDnVQuPs0I38K3yJ6LiPJuwbU=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zbar pillow numpy ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  # find_library doesn't return an absolute path
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/7307
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyzbar/zbar_library.py \
+      --replace "find_library('zbar')" "'${lib.getLib zbar}/lib/libzbar.so.0'"
+  '';
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # find_library has been replaced by a hardcoded path
+    # the test fails due to find_library not called
+    "test_found_non_windows"
+    "test_not_found_non_windows"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyzbar" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Read one-dimensional barcodes and QR codes from Python using the zbar library.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/NaturalHistoryMuseum/pyzbar";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gador ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 783f1866b8f..6a15088011d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6311,6 +6311,8 @@ in {
 
   pyutil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyutil { };
 
+  pyzbar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyzbar { };
+
   pkutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pkutils { };
 
   plac = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plac { };