diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/piexif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/piexif/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e21593993cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/piexif/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, pillow}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "piexif";
+  version = "1.0.12";
+
+  # pillow needed for unit tests
+  buildInputs = [ pillow ];
+
+  # No .tar.gz source available at PyPI, only .zip source, so need to use
+  # fetchurl because fetchPypi doesn't support .zip.
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/${builtins.substring 0 1 pname}/${pname}/${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "15dvdr7b5xxsbsq5k6kq8h0xnzrkqzc08dzlih48a21x27i02bii";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simplify Exif manipulations with Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/hMatoba/Piexif;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jluttine ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e2cc84d05152..fcef975b0484 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18353,6 +18353,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  piexif = callPackage ../development/python-modules/piexif { };
+
   pip = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "pip";
     version = "9.0.1";