diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygltflib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygltflib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e88437eb15a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygltflib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, dataclasses-json
+, deprecated
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+let
+  gltf-sample-models = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "glTF-Sample-Models";
+    rev = "d7a3cc8e51d7c573771ae77a57f16b0662a905c6";
+    hash = "sha256-TxSg1O6eIiaKagcZUoWZ5Iw/tBKvQIoepRFp3MdVlyI=";
+  };
+in
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pygltflib";
+  version = "1.16.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "dodgyville";
+    repo = "pygltflib";
+    rev = "da1c687f5ea88d6063616857d54d195fa0739b37";  # no tags in repo, only on PyPI
+    hash = "sha256-aoYVglpQ0Qaq6gEqZ455GlkL2/C1Q5YjQASVLplsWbs=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    dataclasses-json
+    deprecated
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+  preCheck = ''
+    ln -s ${gltf-sample-models} glTF-Sample-Models
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pygltflib" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Module for reading and writing basic glTF files";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/dodgyville/pygltflib";
+    changelog = "https://gitlab.com/dodgyville/pygltflib/-/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d4ea537d2229..62499c72835b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10574,6 +10574,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pygls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygls { };
 
+  pygltflib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygltflib { };
+
   pygmars = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygmars { };
 
   pygments-better-html = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygments-better-html { };