diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymatting/01-kdtree-signature.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymatting/01-kdtree-signature.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2193b260aea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymatting/01-kdtree-signature.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/tests/test_kdtree.py b/tests/test_kdtree.py
+index 0110083..049fa07 100644
+--- a/tests/test_kdtree.py
++++ b/tests/test_kdtree.py
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def run_kdtree():
+ 
+     tree = cKDTree(data_points)
+ 
+-    distances2, indices2 = tree.query(query_points, k=k, n_jobs=-1)
++    distances2, indices2 = tree.query(query_points, k=k)
+ 
+     t2 = time.perf_counter()
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymatting/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymatting/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d10efd616a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pymatting/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, numba
+, numpy
+, pillow
+, scipy
+, pytestCheckHook
+,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pymatting";
+  version = "1.1.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pymatting";
+    repo = "pymatting";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-9eRpsWwXAkp6aw1ZWJsUFf0BMIN0UBFc2rW1lltL2cw=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./01-kdtree-signature.patch ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numba
+    numpy
+    pillow
+    scipy
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pymatting" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # no access to input data set
+    # see: https://github.com/pymatting/pymatting/blob/master/tests/download_images.py
+    "test_alpha"
+    "test_laplacians"
+    "test_preconditioners"
+    "test_lkm"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Python library for alpha matting";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pymatting/pymatting";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/pymatting/pymatting/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ blaggacao ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 98fc8165e010..6123e85a21e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9047,6 +9047,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pymatgen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymatgen { };
 
+  pymatting = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymatting { };
+
   pymaven-patch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymaven-patch { };
 
   pymavlink = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pymavlink { };