diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyspellchecker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyspellchecker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..425d1a67f136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyspellchecker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyspellchecker";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-zKbDJCjuOI0Vsbh+lK/Dv5T7GGK6hIo7RJvs1inSatM=";
+  };
+
+  # no tests in PyPI
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure python spell checking";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/barrust/pyspellchecker";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zendo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ae46e21fd2e1..6a5a75b24783 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8608,6 +8608,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyspcwebgw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspcwebgw { };
 
+  pyspellchecker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspellchecker { };
+
   pyspf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspf { };
 
   pyspice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspice { };