diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/crc16/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/crc16/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01f5bb8a7e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/crc16/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "crc16";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "15nkx0pa4lskwin84flpk8fsw3jqg6wic6v3s83syjqg76h6my61";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://code.google.com/archive/p/pycrc16/";
+    description = "Python library for calculating CRC16";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index becb247410c0..edbcb3ecffaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1570,6 +1570,8 @@ in {
 
   cram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cram { };
 
+  crc16 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/crc16 { };
+
   csscompressor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/csscompressor {};
 
   csvs-to-sqlite = callPackage ../development/python-modules/csvs-to-sqlite { };