diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index d44dc276c721..1c92eb811bbf 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -8588,6 +8588,12 @@
     githubId = 7845120;
     name = "Alex Martens";
   };
+  nialov = {
+    email = "nikolasovaskainen@gmail.com";
+    github = "nialov";
+    githubId = 47318483;
+    name = "Nikolas Ovaskainen";
+  };
   nikitavoloboev = {
     email = "nikita.voloboev@gmail.com";
     github = "nikitavoloboev";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygeos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygeos/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57970ad2f348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygeos/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+, geos
+, pytestCheckHook
+, cython
+, numpy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pygeos";
+  version = "0.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-PEFULvZ8ZgFfRDrj5uaDUDqKIh+cJPsjgPauQq7RYAo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    geos # for geos-config
+    cython
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  # The cythonized extensions are required to exist in the pygeos/ directory
+  # for the package to function. Therefore override of buildPhase was
+  # necessary.
+  buildPhase = ''
+    ${python.interpreter} setup.py build_ext --inplace
+    ${python.interpreter} setup.py bdist_wheel
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pygeos" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Wraps GEOS geometry functions in numpy ufuncs.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pygeos/pygeos";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nialov ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 55b0ad935869..183ea8574ce4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6829,6 +6829,8 @@ in {
 
   pygeoip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygeoip { };
 
+  pygeos = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygeos { };
+
   pygetwindow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygetwindow { };
 
   pygit2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygit2 { };