diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mutf8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mutf8/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e25d5a893863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mutf8/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytest
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mutf8";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "TkTech";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0p9xczkhrf9d3n44k6kxbnk9sm831k5gkiagk6vm75vcmzm7zdqc";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # Using pytestCheckHook results in test failures
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mutf8" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fast MUTF-8 encoder & decoder";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/TkTech/mutf8";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 364f8b757ef2..6c9728b6d610 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4708,6 +4708,8 @@ in {
 
   mutesync = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mutesync { };
 
+  mutf8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mutf8 { };
+
   mwclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mwclient { };
 
   mwdblib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mwdblib { };