diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfrw2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfrw2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ed93640af7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfrw2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pillow
+, pycryptodome
+, reportlab
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pdfrw2";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-5qnMq4Pnaaeov+Lb3fD0ndfr5SAy6SlXTwG7v6IZce0=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pillow
+    reportlab
+    pycryptodome
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportCheck = [ "pdfrw" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure Python library that reads and writes PDFs";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sarnold/pdfrw";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ loicreynier ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a71c3ed14ea7..eb214f308fbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8831,6 +8831,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pdfrw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfrw { };
 
+  pdfrw2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfrw2 { };
+
   pdftotext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdftotext { };
 
   pdfx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdfx { };