diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/patool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/patool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1420597a1f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/patool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pytestCheckHook, p7zip,
+  unzip, cabextract, zip, zopfli, lzip, zpaq, gnutar, gnugrep, diffutils, file,
+  gzip, bzip2, xz}:
+
+# unrar is unfree, as well as 7z with unrar support, not including it (patool doesn't support unar)
+
+let
+  compression-utilities = [
+    p7zip
+    unzip
+    gnutar
+    cabextract
+    zip
+    zopfli
+    lzip
+    zpaq
+    gzip
+    gnugrep
+    diffutils
+    bzip2
+    file
+    xz
+  ];
+in
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "patool";
+  version = "1.12";
+
+  #pypi doesn't have test data
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "wummel";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "upstream/${version}";
+    sha256 = "0v4r77sm3yzh7y1whfwxmp01cchd82jbhvbg9zsyd2yb944imzjy";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace patoolib/util.py \
+      --replace "path = None" 'path = append_to_path(os.environ["PATH"], "${lib.makeBinPath compression-utilities}")'
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ] ++ compression-utilities;
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_unzip"
+    "test_unzip_file"
+    "test_zip"
+    "test_zip_file"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "portable archive file manager";
+    homepage = "https://wummel.github.io/patool/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ marius851000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 538559bb407c..e30a096b0239 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2298,6 +2298,8 @@ in
 
   patdiff = callPackage ../tools/misc/patdiff { };
 
+  patool = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication patool;
+
   pbpst = callPackage ../applications/misc/pbpst { };
 
   pbzx = callPackage ../tools/compression/pbzx { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ae0d3bda8195..8ff240f4eb7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4290,6 +4290,8 @@ in {
 
   pathtools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pathtools { };
 
+  patool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/patool { };
+
   patsy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/patsy { };
 
   paver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/paver { };