diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tilequant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tilequant/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90caab8ebef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tilequant/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, GitPython, click, ordered-set, pillow, sortedcollections }:
+
+let
+  aikku93-tilequant = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "SkyTemple";
+    repo = "aikku93-tilequant";
+    rev = "6604e0906edff384b6c8d4cde03e6601731f66fd";
+    sha256 = "0w19h3n2i0xriqsy0b0rifjgbv4hqd7gl78fw0cappkrdykij5r1";
+  };
+in
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tilequant";
+  version = "0.4.0.post0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "SkyTemple";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "189af203iay3inj1bbgm3hh1fshn879bcm28ypbvfp27fy7j5b25";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    cp -R --no-preserve=mode ${aikku93-tilequant} __aikku93_tilequant
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ GitPython ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click ordered-set pillow sortedcollections ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # there are no tests
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "skytemple_tilequant" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/SkyTemple/tilequant";
+    description = "Tool for quantizing image colors using tile-based palette restrictions";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ xfix ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cd900e8a3c0..8f865b53404 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8284,6 +8284,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) tiledb;
   };
 
+  tilequant = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tilequant { };
+
   tilestache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tilestache { };
 
   timeago = callPackage ../development/python-modules/timeago { };