diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/newick/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/newick/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..317a9c582b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/newick/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools-scm
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "newick";
+  version = "1.9.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dlce-eva";
+    repo = "python-newick";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-TxyR6RYvy2oIcDNZnHrExtPYGspyWOtZqNy488OmWwk=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # remove coverage arguments to pytest
+    sed -i '/--cov/d' setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "newick"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A python package to read and write the Newick format";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dlce-eva/python-newick";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ alxsimon ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a22eda4290d8..77e4b5afffa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6768,6 +6768,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   newversion = callPackage ../development/python-modules/newversion { };
 
+  newick = callPackage ../development/python-modules/newick { };
+
   nexia = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nexia { };
 
   nextcloudmonitor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nextcloudmonitor { };