diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylddwrap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylddwrap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27bac5c1e3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylddwrap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, coreutils
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, icontract
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, typing-extensions
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylddwrap";
+  version = "1.2.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Parquery";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Gm82VRu8GP52BohQzpMUJfh6q2tiUA2GJWOcG7ymGgg=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace lddwrap/__init__.py \
+      --replace '/usr/bin/env' '${coreutils}/bin/env'
+  '';
+
+  # Upstream adds some plain text files direct to the package's root directory
+  # https://github.com/Parquery/pylddwrap/blob/master/setup.py#L71
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -f $out/{LICENSE,README.rst,requirements.txt}
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    icontract
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "lddwrap" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python wrapper around ldd *nix utility to determine shared libraries of a program";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Parquery/pylddwrap";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Parquery/pylddwrap/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thiagokokada ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c4714ffe9a52..001b4c8b636c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6947,6 +6947,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pykrakenapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pykrakenapi { };
 
+  pylddwrap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylddwrap { };
+
   pynndescent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynndescent { };
 
   pynobo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pynobo { };