diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 1d1a679133..5da58d3f2d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -24793,6 +24793,28 @@ For the most part it's transliterated from C, the major differences are:
      "Jinxed is an implementation of a subset of the Python curses library.")
     (license license:mpl2.0)))
 
+(define-public python-svgutils
+  (package
+    (name "python-svgutils")
+    (version "0.3.4")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "svgutils" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0lz0w2ajdvwd269a7ppnzawmx8px0116j0nx8xvhlihxrd28zx4y"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("python-lxml" ,python-lxml)))
+    (home-page "https://svgutils.readthedocs.io")
+    (synopsis "Python SVG editor")
+    (description "This is an utility package that helps with editing and
+concatenating SVG files.  It is especially directed at scientists preparing
+final figures for submission to journals.  So far it supports arbitrary
+placement and scaling of SVG figures and adding markers, such as labels.")
+    (license license:expat)))
+
 (define-public python-blessed
   (package
     (name "python-blessed")