diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/basemap-data-hires/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/basemap-data-hires/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44d352a8822a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/basemap-data-hires/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  setuptools,
+  basemap,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "basemap-data-hires";
+  pyproject = true;
+  inherit (basemap) version src;
+
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/packages/basemap_data_hires";
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mpl_toolkits.basemap_data" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://matplotlib.org/basemap/";
+    description = "High-resolution data assets for matplotlib basemap";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ moraxyc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ccea6b39244b..dbfbbf314bc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1476,6 +1476,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   basemap-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/basemap-data { };
 
+  basemap-data-hires = callPackage ../development/python-modules/basemap-data-hires { };
+
   bases = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bases { };
 
   bash-kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bash-kernel { };