diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc733e6cdbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "zipfile2";
+  version = "0.0.12";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cournape";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-BwcEgW4XrQqz0Jmtbyxf8q0mWTJXv2dL3Tk7N/IYuMI=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./no-setuid.patch ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "zipfile2" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cournape/zipfile2";
+    description = "A backwards-compatible improved zipfile class";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ genericnerdyusername ];
+    license = licenses.psfl;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile2/no-setuid.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile2/no-setuid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..951358585a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zipfile2/no-setuid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/zipfile2/tests/test__zipfile.py b/zipfile2/tests/test__zipfile.py
+index 60f2ed2..db6e5bc 100644
+--- a/zipfile2/tests/test__zipfile.py
++++ b/zipfile2/tests/test__zipfile.py
+@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ class TestsPermissionExtraction(unittest.TestCase):
+                         if index & 1 << order:
+                             mode |= permissions[permgroup][order]
+                     for order in range(3):
+-                        if specialindex & 1 << order:
+-                            mode |= permissions['special'][order]
++                        if specialindex & 1 << order and order == 0:
++                            raise unittest.SkipTest("The nix build process doesn't allow you to use the setuid bit")
+                     os.chmod(path, mode)
+                     real_permission = os.stat(path).st_mode & 0xFFF
+                     self.files.append((path, real_permission))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 988f10e789f..7fd56a26d33 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13244,6 +13244,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   zimports = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zimports { };
 
+  zipfile2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipfile2 { };
+
   zipp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipp { };
 
   zipstream = callPackage ../development/python-modules/zipstream { };