diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flashtext/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flashtext/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52b54f4dceac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flashtext/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "flashtext";
+  version = "2.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1kq5idfp9skqkjdcld40igxn2yqjly8jpmxawkp0skwxw29jpgm1";
+  };
+
+  # json files that tests look for don't exist in the pypi dist
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/vi3k6i5/flashtext";
+    description = "Python package to replace keywords in sentences or extract keywords from sentences";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aanderse ];
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 56120f408a1c..fe170984334a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2663,6 +2663,8 @@ in {
 
   flammkuchen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flammkuchen { };
 
+  flashtext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flashtext { };
+
   flask-admin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flask-admin { };
 
   flask-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flask-api { };