diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4701431e715d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, pymupdf
+, numpy
+, ipython
+, texlive
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytikz-allefeld"; # "pytikz" on pypi is a different module
+  version = "unstable-2022-11-01";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "allefeld";
+    repo = "pytikz";
+    rev = "f878ebd6ce5a647b1076228b48181b147a61abc1";
+    hash = "sha256-G59UUkpjttJKNBN0MB/A9CftO8tO3nv8qlTxt3/fKHk=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pymupdf
+    numpy
+    ipython
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "tikz" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ texlive.combined.scheme-small ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    python -c 'if 1:
+      from tikz import *
+      pic = Picture()
+      pic.draw(line([(0, 0), (1, 1)]))
+      print(pic.code())
+      pic.write_image("test.pdf")
+    '
+    test -s test.pdf
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/allefeld/pytikz";
+    description = "A Python interface to TikZ";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbsds ];
+    broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c731f4fd314e..68ff15c5e5be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11788,6 +11788,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pytimeparse2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytimeparse2 { };
 
+  pytikz-allefeld = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytikz-allefeld { };
+
   pytm = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytm { };
 
   pytmx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytmx { };