diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/extractcode/libarchive.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/extractcode/libarchive.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d5e7f318589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/extractcode/libarchive.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, libarchive
+, libb2
+, bzip2
+, expat
+, lz4
+, lzma
+, zlib
+, zstd
+, plugincode
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "extractcode-libarchive";
+  version = "21.4.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nexB";
+    repo = "scancode-plugins";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "xnUGDMS34iMVMGo/nZwRarGzzbj3X4Rt+YHvvKpmy6A=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/builtins/extractcode_libarchive-linux";
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    pushd src/extractcode_libarchive/lib
+
+    rm *.so *.so.*
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib libarchive}/lib/libarchive.so libarchive.so
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib libb2}/lib/libb2.so libb2-la3511.so.1
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib bzip2}/lib/libbz2.so libbz2-la3511.so.1.0
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib expat}/lib/libexpat.so libexpat-la3511.so.1
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib lz4}/lib/liblz4.so liblz4-la3511.so.1
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib lzma}/lib/liblzma.so liblzma-la3511.so.5
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib zlib}/lib/libz.so libz-la3511.so.1
+    ln -s ${lib.getLib zstd}/lib/libzstd.so libzstd-la3511.so.1
+
+    popd
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    plugincode
+  ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "extractcode_libarchive"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A ScanCode Toolkit plugin to provide pre-built binary libraries and utilities and their locations";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/scancode-plugins/tree/main/builtins/extractcode_libarchive-linux";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 bsd2 ];
+    maintainers = teams.determinatesystems.members;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1c0b73a36b46..34aa137c7137 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2307,6 +2307,18 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) p7zip;
   };
 
+  extractcode-libarchive = callPackage ../development/python-modules/extractcode/libarchive.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      libarchive
+      libb2
+      bzip2
+      expat
+      lz4
+      lzma
+      zlib
+      zstd;
+  };
+
   extras = callPackage ../development/python-modules/extras { };
 
   eyeD3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/eyed3 { };