diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/glyphtools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glyphtools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f186863459a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/glyphtools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, beziers
+, glyphslib
+, numpy
+, setuptoolsCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "glyphtools";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-PXwXHWMJbsi6ZtN+daaXAnlw3gV5DFAhyRxdBa7UP+M=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    beziers
+    glyphslib
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  # A unit test suite does exist, but it only contains a dummy test that
+  # doesn't test anything. It does import the module though so we still run it.
+  doCheck = true;
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    # Upstream apparently prefers the deprecated setuptools 'test' command.
+    setuptoolsCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library for extracting information from font glyphs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/simoncozens/glyphtools";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ danc86 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9d4bdde6f608..18b4daa4bcc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4204,6 +4204,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   glyphslib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glyphslib { };
 
+  glyphtools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/glyphtools { };
+
   foobot-async = callPackage ../development/python-modules/foobot-async { };
 
   foolscap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/foolscap { };