diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/mwlib.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/mwlib.nix
index fb349fbeab5a..d02e1e021a70 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/mwlib.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/mwlib.nix
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ in
       environment = {
         PYTHONPATH = concatMapStringsSep ":"
           (m: "${pypkgs.${m}}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages")
-          [ "mwlib-rl" "mwlib-ext" "pygments" ];
+          [ "mwlib-rl" "mwlib-ext" "pygments" "pyfribidi" ];
       };
 
       serviceConfig = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b9a1eaf32ed9..1f389a2833f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4991,6 +4991,22 @@ let
     };
   });
 
+  pyfribidi = buildPythonPackage rec {
+    version = "0.11.0";
+    name = "pyfribidi-${version}";
+
+    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyfribidi/${name}.zip";
+      md5 = "a3fc1f9d34571305782d1a54ee36f904";
+    };
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "simple wrapper around fribidi.";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/pediapress/pyfribidi";
+      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    };
+  };
+
   docker_compose = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "docker-compose-1.2.0rc2";
     disabled = isPy3k || isPyPy;