diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 3b5ad02719e6..b2aedba67d0a 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -9760,6 +9760,12 @@
     githubId = 37246692;
     name = "Riley Inman";
   };
+  riotbib = {
+    email = "github-nix@lnrt.de";
+    github = "riotbib";
+    githubId = 43172581;
+    name = "Lennart Mühlenmeier";
+  };
   ris = {
     email = "code@humanleg.org.uk";
     github = "risicle";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stanza/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stanza/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce9719a75210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stanza/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, emoji
+, numpy
+, protobuf
+, requests
+, six
+, pytorch
+, tqdm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "stanza";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stanfordnlp";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1j5918n875p3ibhzc5zp3vb97asbbnb04pj1igxwzl0xm6qcsbh8";
+  };
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    emoji
+    numpy
+    protobuf
+    requests
+    six
+    pytorch
+    tqdm
+  ];
+
+  # disabled, because the tests try to connect to the internet which
+  # is forbidden in the sandbox
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "stanza" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Official Stanford NLP Python Library for Many Human Languages";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stanfordnlp/stanza/";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ riotbib ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a6abc29d1357..7f4e596ec356 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8931,6 +8931,8 @@ in {
 
   stack-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stack-data { };
 
+  stanza = callPackage ../development/python-modules/stanza { };
+
   starlette = callPackage ../development/python-modules/starlette {
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
   };