diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lupa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lupa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e50404e50472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lupa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, cython
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "lupa";
+  version = "1.9";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "13ifv0nxbf70xg69sp49j484m8cnid7rgh8f94pgfb50dj01vqd3";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "lupa" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Lua in Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scoder/lupa";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c77160ca5e01..13ac7af41aed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3927,6 +3927,8 @@ in {
 
   luftdaten = callPackage ../development/python-modules/luftdaten { };
 
+  lupa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lupa { };
+
   lxc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lxc { };
 
   lxml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lxml { inherit (pkgs) libxml2 libxslt zlib; };