diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tinysegmenter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tinysegmenter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b56544061b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tinysegmenter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+
+, unittestCheckHook
+
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "tinysegmenter";
+  version = "0.4";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-ZEWL26VLp0gsAseF+WDPPWz2FZSk2rPWTDJUOQlPwbc=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    unittestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  unittestFlagsArray = [ "-s" "tests" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "tinysegmenter" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Very compact Japanese tokenizer";
+    homepage = "https://tinysegmenter.tuxfamily.org";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vizid ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 635f7d65553f..e928b337fae2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14755,6 +14755,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   tinyrecord = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tinyrecord { };
 
+  tinysegmenter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tinysegmenter { };
+
   tissue = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tissue { };
 
   titlecase = callPackage ../development/python-modules/titlecase { };