diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ftfy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ftfy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0aea9877812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ftfy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, html5lib
+, wcwidth
+, nose
+, python
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "ftfy";
+  version = "4.4.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "152xdb56rhs1q4r0ck1n557sbphw7zq18r75a7kkd159ckdnc01w";        
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ html5lib wcwidth];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    nose
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests -v
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Given Unicode text, make its representation consistent and possibly less broken.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/LuminosoInsight/python-ftfy/tree/master/tests;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sdll ];    
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0f23d36333fe..07d20c7f4836 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -28717,6 +28717,8 @@ EOF
 
   cymem = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cymem { };
 
+  ftfy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ftfy { };    
+
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)