diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wikipedia-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wikipedia-api/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb1fbd67dabb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wikipedia-api/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Wikipedia-API";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "martin-majlis";
+    repo = "Wikipedia-API";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-cmwyQhKbkIpZXkKqqT0X2Lp8OFma2joeb4uxDRPiQe8=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "wikipediaapi" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python wrapper for Wikipedia";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/martin-majlis/Wikipedia-API";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/martin-majlis/Wikipedia-API/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.rst";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mbalatsko ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 69da20f18692..7c6c4a501771 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14021,6 +14021,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   wikipedia = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wikipedia { };
 
+  wikipedia-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wikipedia-api { };
+
   wikitextparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wikitextparser { };
 
   willow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/willow { };