diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplcursors/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplcursors/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a1c2dda4c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplcursors/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+
+  # dependencies
+  matplotlib,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mplcursors";
+  version = "0.6";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "anntzer";
+    repo = "mplcursors";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-L5pJqRpgPRQEsRDoP10+Pi8uzH5TQNBuGRx7hIL1x7s=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    matplotlib
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "mplcursors"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Interactive data selection cursors for Matplotlib";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/anntzer/mplcursors";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/anntzer/mplcursors/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    license = lib.licenses.zlib;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fcf8a3e725aa..8c0d1575f74f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8479,6 +8479,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mpldatacursor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpldatacursor { };
 
+  mplcursors = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mplcursors { };
+
   mplfinance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mplfinance { };
 
   mplhep = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mplhep { };