diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mariadb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..251b69e8e67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, libmysqlclient, lib, pythonOlder }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mariadb";
+  version = "1.0.9";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-Aqmz0KB26aDQ6hxItF7Qm2R14rak6Mge2fHoLK87/Ck=";
+    extension = "zip";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    libmysqlclient
+  ];
+
+  # Requires a running MariaDB instance
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mariadb" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "MariaDB Connector/Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-python";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanilla ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b3c4ab4ff1b7..34152719f571 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4739,6 +4739,8 @@ in {
 
   mapbox = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mapbox { };
 
+  mariadb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mariadb { };
+
   marisa-trie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marisa-trie { };
 
   markdown2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markdown2 { };