diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/update-copyright/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/update-copyright/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea20e9b37841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/update-copyright/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "update-copyright";
+  version = "0.6.2";
+
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "17ybdgbdc62yqhda4kfy1vcs1yzp78d91qfhj5zbvz1afvmvdk7z";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An automatic copyright update tool";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0fa51214e439..ec86a570c7cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4060,6 +4060,8 @@ in {
 
   update_checker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/update_checker {};
 
+  update-copyright = callPackage ../development/python-modules/update-copyright {};
+
   uritemplate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uritemplate { };
 
   uproot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uproot {};