diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyperscan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyperscan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..342dda967cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hyperscan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib
+, pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pdm-backend
+, setuptools
+, wheel
+, pcre
+, pkg-config
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hyperscan";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "darvid";
+    repo = "python-hyperscan";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6PoV9rY9CkXkAMWN2QCnfU4S0OJD/6bzkqFgvEVqNjo=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    (pkgs.hyperscan.override { withStatic = true; })
+    # we need static pcre to be built, by default only shared library is built
+    (pcre.overrideAttrs { dontDisableStatic = 0; })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    pdm-backend
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "hyperscan" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-mock
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A CPython extension for the Hyperscan regular expression matching library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/darvid/python-hyperscan";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/darvid/python-hyperscan/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mbalatsko ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 449c4ff9357b..05008358b873 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5114,6 +5114,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   hyperframe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyperframe { };
 
+  hyperscan = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyperscan { };
+
   hyperion-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyperion-py { };
 
   hyperlink = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hyperlink { };