diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/doublemetaphone/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/doublemetaphone/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5fe45fea786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/doublemetaphone/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  cython,
+  setuptools,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "doublemetaphone";
+  version = "1.2i";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dedupeio";
+    repo = "doublemetaphone";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-VPJqHxQHLiLSko+aJYTIgISluHPARgQN5pYWYxP9QKQ=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  # Prevent importing from source during test collection (only $out has compiled extensions)
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm -rf doublemetaphone
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "doublemetaphone"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python wrapper for Double Metaphone phonetic encoding algorithm";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dedupeio/doublemetaphone";
+    license = lib.licenses.artistic1;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ daniel-fahey ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b50cb59036bd..51b4db69a23e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4377,6 +4377,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   dotwiz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dotwiz { };
 
+  doublemetaphone = callPackage ../development/python-modules/doublemetaphone { };
+
   doubleratchet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/doubleratchet { };
 
   doubles = callPackage ../development/python-modules/doubles { };