diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/reedsolo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/reedsolo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a22907ebe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/reedsolo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, cython, nose }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "reedsolo";
+  version = "1.5.4";
+
+  # Pypi does not have the tests
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tomerfiliba";
+    repo = "reedsolomon";
+    # https://github.com/tomerfiliba/reedsolomon/issues/28
+    rev = "73926cdf81b39009bd6e46c8d49f3bbc0eaad4e4";
+    sha256 = "03wrr0c32dsl7h9k794b8fwnyzklvmxgriy49mjvvd3val829cc1";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  checkPhase = "nosetests";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure-python universal errors-and-erasures Reed-Solomon Codec";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tomerfiliba/reedsolomon";
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ yorickvp ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5e1e3618eb8..ae79ca29f69 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6185,6 +6185,8 @@ in {
 
   rednose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rednose { };
 
+  reedsolo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/reedsolo { };
+
   regex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/regex { };
 
   regional = callPackage ../development/python-modules/regional { };