diff --git a/.github/workflows/Bindings.yml b/.github/workflows/Bindings.yml
index 34916e9..c0263d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Bindings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Bindings.yml
@@ -37,4 +37,17 @@ jobs:
           
       - name: Run Tests
         working-directory: bindings/lz-str-wasm/binding-tests
-        run: npm test
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: npm test
+        
+  Python:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        
+      - name: Install Maturin
+        run: pip install maturin
+        
+      - name: Build Wheel
+        working-directory: bindings/lz-str-py
+        run: maturin build --release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fa78a85..9880257 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indoc"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adab1eaa3408fb7f0c777a73e7465fd5656136fc93b670eb6df3c88c2c1344e3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -260,6 +266,16 @@ version = "0.2.135"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "68783febc7782c6c5cb401fbda4de5a9898be1762314da0bb2c10ced61f18b0c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "435011366fe56583b16cf956f9df0095b405b82d76425bc8981c0e22e60ec4df"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.17"
@@ -277,6 +293,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lz-str-py"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "lz-str",
+ "pyo3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lz-str-wasm"
 version = "0.0.0"
@@ -332,6 +356,29 @@ version = "6.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ff7415e9ae3fff1225851df9e0d9e4e5479f947619774677a63572e55e80eff"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3742b2c103b9f06bc9fff0a37ff4912935851bee6d36f3c02bcc755bcfec228f"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09a279cbf25cb0757810394fbc1e359949b59e348145c643a939a525692e6929"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "plotters"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -375,6 +422,66 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "201b6887e5576bf2f945fe65172c1fcbf3fcf285b23e4d71eb171d9736e38d32"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "indoc",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+ "pyo3-ffi",
+ "pyo3-macros",
+ "unindent",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-build-config"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf0708c9ed01692635cbf056e286008e5a2927ab1a5e48cdd3aeb1ba5a6fef47"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "target-lexicon",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-ffi"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90352dea4f486932b72ddf776264d293f85b79a1d214de1d023927b41461132d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7eb24b804a2d9e88bfcc480a5a6dd76f006c1e3edaf064e8250423336e2cd79d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "pyo3-macros-backend",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros-backend"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f22bb49f6a7348c253d7ac67a6875f2dc65f36c2ae64a82c381d528972bea6d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.21"
@@ -438,6 +545,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -505,6 +621,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.102"
@@ -516,6 +638,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "target-lexicon"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c02424087780c9b71cc96799eaeddff35af2bc513278cda5c99fc1f5d026d3c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.15.1"
@@ -538,6 +666,12 @@ version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6ceab39d59e4c9499d4e5a8ee0e2735b891bb7308ac83dfb4e80cad195c9f6f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unindent"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "58ee9362deb4a96cef4d437d1ad49cffc9b9e92d202b6995674e928ce684f112"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.3.2"
@@ -649,3 +783,46 @@ name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea04155a16a59f9eab786fe12a4a450e75cdb175f9e0d80da1e17db09f55b8d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9bb8c3fd39ade2d67e9874ac4f3db21f0d710bee00fe7cab16949ec184eeaa47"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "180e6ccf01daf4c426b846dfc66db1fc518f074baa793aa7d9b9aaeffad6a3b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2e7917148b2812d1eeafaeb22a97e4813dfa60a3f8f78ebe204bcc88f12f024"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4dcd171b8776c41b97521e5da127a2d86ad280114807d0b2ab1e462bc764d9e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c811ca4a8c853ef420abd8592ba53ddbbac90410fab6903b3e79972a631f7680"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 85d16a8..a5aa0d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,4 +38,10 @@ harness = false
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "bindings/*",
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 3
+lto = "fat"
+codegen-units = 1
+strip = "symbols"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/lz-str-py/.gitignore b/bindings/lz-str-py/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b694934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/lz-str-py/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.venv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/lz-str-py/Cargo.toml b/bindings/lz-str-py/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c06139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/lz-str-py/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "lz-str-py"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+name = "lz_str_py"
+crate-type = [ "cdylib" ]
+
+[dependencies]
+lz-str = { path = "../.." }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.17.2", features = [ "extension-module", "abi3", "abi3-py37" ] }
diff --git a/bindings/lz-str-py/pyproject.toml b/bindings/lz-str-py/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1331695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/lz-str-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [ "maturin>=0.13,<0.14" ]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[project]
+name = "lz_str_py"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/lz-str-py/src/lib.rs b/bindings/lz-str-py/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8cb1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/lz-str-py/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::types::PyString;
+
+#[pyfunction(name = "compressToBase64")]
+pub fn compress_to_base64(input: &PyString) -> PyResult<String> {
+    let input = input.to_str()?;
+    Ok(lz_str::compress_to_base64(input))
+}
+
+#[pyfunction(name = "decompressFromBase64")]
+pub fn decompress_from_base64(input: &PyString) -> PyResult<String> {
+    let input = input.to_str()?;
+    match lz_str::decompress_from_base64(input) {
+        Some(result) => {
+            // TODO: Make string from invalid unicode
+            match String::from_utf16(&result) {
+                Ok(value) => Ok(value),
+                Err(_e) => Err(PyValueError::new_err("invalid unicode output")),
+            }
+        }
+        None => Err(PyValueError::new_err("invalid input")),
+    }
+}
+
+#[pymodule]
+fn lz_str_py(_py: Python<'_>, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(compress_to_base64, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(decompress_from_base64, m)?)?;
+    Ok(())
+}