diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/identify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/identify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4b5d9c87275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/identify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "identify";
+  version = "1.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0hvwfpf6fmgn93abrvj88pi7sbcib32s4c5r99lw67kbziq5x129";
+  };
+
+  # Tests not included in PyPI tarball
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "File identification library for Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/chriskuehl/identify;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 76af703b8f91..5f9c9c219aae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3046,6 +3046,8 @@ in {
 
   idna-ssl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/idna-ssl { };
 
+  identify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/identify { };
+
   ijson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ijson {};
 
   imagesize = buildPythonPackage rec {