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diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
index cb52db3bbd..00fe560a36 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
@@ -7387,3 +7387,25 @@ mining to monitoring and automated testing.")
Contrary to the standard Python @code{json} library, it understands js-style
comments. Trailing comma is also supported.")
(license license:expat)))
+
+(define-public python-html-text
+ (package
+ (name "python-html-text")
+ (version "0.5.2")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (pypi-uri "html_text" version))
+ (sha256
+ (base32 "1v9x171l3bmyayc1144nrkn9410lp4lhlrrjii54j7b5f2xipmmg"))))
+ (build-system python-build-system)
+ (native-inputs (list python-pytest))
+ (propagated-inputs (list python-lxml))
+ (home-page "https://github.com/TeamHG-Memex/html-text")
+ (synopsis "Extract text from HTML")
+ (description "HTML to Text is a Python library for extract text from HTML.
+Contrary to other solution such as LXML or Beautiful Soup, the text extracted
+with @code{html_text} does not contain elements such as JavaScript or inline
+styles not normally visible to users. It also normalizes white space
+characters in a smarter, more visually pleasing style.")
+ (license license:expat)))