diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 1c83c53658..e715d8d353 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1303,6 +1303,7 @@ F:	package/python-flatbuffers/
 F:	package/python-fonttools/
 F:	package/python-frozenlist/
 F:	package/python-greenlet/
+F:	package/python-installer/
 F:	package/python-janus/
 F:	package/python-logstash/
 F:	package/python-multidict/
diff --git a/package/python-installer/python-installer.hash b/package/python-installer/python-installer.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68af457664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-installer/python-installer.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/installer/json
+md5  cf7b8f470620c54f2d28167fc80542a7  installer-0.4.0.tar.gz
+sha256  17d7ca174039fbd85f268e16042e3132ebb03d91e1bbe0f63b9ec6b40619414a  installer-0.4.0.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  37b8b9f2569892fa54406383d431169dbb2115980d78b7efba6eeae5664c484f  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-installer/python-installer.mk b/package/python-installer/python-installer.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c1d371dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-installer/python-installer.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-installer
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_VERSION = 0.4.0
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_SOURCE = installer-$(PYTHON_INSTALLER_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/71/9a/8d7c724b0d51336453e75f76b32de86b336ef26755c64119204f1f5b4388
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_LICENSE = MIT
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+HOST_PYTHON_INSTALLER_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON = python3
+
+$(eval $(host-python-package))