diff --git a/projects/007-run-length-encoding/python/main.py b/projects/007-run-length-encoding/python/main.py
index e69de29..00c0994 100644
--- a/projects/007-run-length-encoding/python/main.py
+++ b/projects/007-run-length-encoding/python/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+def run_length_encoding(list_to_code):
+
+    if not list_to_code:
+        return list_to_code
+    elif len(list_to_code) == 1:
+        return list_to_code + [1]
+    else:
+        number = 1
+        letter = list_to_code[0]
+        count = 1
+
+        while letter == list_to_code[count]:
+            number += 1
+            count += 1
+    return [letter] + [number] + run_length_encoding(list_to_code[count:len(list_to_code)])