diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gstools-cython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gstools-cython/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b26692f51392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gstools-cython/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cython,
+  extension-helpers,
+  numpy,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gstools-cython";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "GeoStat-Framework";
+    repo = "GSTools-Cython";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Kzn/ThLjTGy3ZYIkTwCV1wi22c7rWo4u/L3llppC6wQ=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    extension-helpers
+    numpy
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-cov-stub
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "gstools_cython"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Cython backend for GSTools";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/GeoStat-Framework/GSTools-Cython";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/GeoStat-Framework/GSTools-Cython/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ sarahec ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f9c97b2259a0..28aa7a7dddb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6294,6 +6294,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   gstools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gstools { };
 
+  gstools-cython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gstools-cython { };
+
   gtfs-realtime-bindings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gtfs-realtime-bindings { };
 
   gto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gto { };