diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
index f9e5340802e..a1b9d2084fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/btrfs-progs/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   makeFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isGnu [ "udevruledir=$(out)/lib/udev/rules.d" ];
 
+  installFlags = [ "install_python" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.tests = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e25e0968fa7..b6734a5cbdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1407,6 +1407,8 @@ in {
 
   btrfs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/btrfs { };
 
+  btrfsutil = toPythonModule (pkgs.btrfs-progs.override { python3 = self.python; });
+
   bugsnag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bugsnag { };
 
   bugwarrior = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bugwarrior { };