diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bases/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bases/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c25ffaa63f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bases/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+
+, pytestCheckHook
+
+, pythonOlder
+
+, setuptools
+, wheel
+, setuptools-scm
+
+  # for tests
+, base58
+
+, typing-extensions
+, typing-validation
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bases";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hashberg-io";
+    repo = "bases";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-CRXVxT9uYud1CKRcdRAD0OX5sTAttrUO9E4BaavTe6A=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    typing-extensions
+    typing-validation
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    base58
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "bases"
+    "bases.alphabet"
+    "bases.alphabet.abstract"
+    "bases.alphabet.range_alphabet"
+    "bases.alphabet.string_alphabet"
+    "bases.encoding"
+    "bases.encoding.base"
+    "bases.encoding.block"
+    "bases.encoding.errors"
+    "bases.encoding.fixchar"
+    "bases.encoding.simple"
+    "bases.encoding.zeropad"
+    "bases.random"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python library for general Base-N encodings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/hashberg-io/bases";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/hashberg-io/bases/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vizid ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7acda5b7144e..94a27ec09da6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1390,6 +1390,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   basemap-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/basemap-data { };
 
+  bases = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bases { };
+
   bash-kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bash-kernel { };
 
   bashlex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bashlex { };