diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 35c40c0942d9..5b68a1f0c2c6 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -4716,6 +4716,12 @@
     githubId = 201997;
     name = "Eric Seidel";
   };
+  grindhold = {
+    name = "grindhold";
+    email = "grindhold+nix@skarphed.org";
+    github = "grindhold";
+    githubId = 2592640;
+  };
   gspia = {
     email = "iahogsp@gmail.com";
     github = "gspia";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/durus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/durus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..456ae010d63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/durus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Durus";
+  version = "4.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version pname;
+    sha256 = "sha256:1gzxg43zawwgqjrfixvcrilwpikb1ix9b7710rsl5ffk7q50yi3c";
+  };
+
+  # Checks disabled due to missing python unittest framework 'sancho' in nixpkgs
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "durus.connection"
+    "durus.file_storage"
+    "durus.client_storage"
+    "durus.sqlite_storage"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Object persistence layer";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nascheme/durus";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ grindhold ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8e7e7d51c9eb..a1476c03c274 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2536,6 +2536,8 @@ in {
 
   dungeon-eos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dungeon-eos { };
 
+  durus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/durus {  };
+
   dwdwfsapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dwdwfsapi { };
 
   dyn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dyn { };