diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plotext/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plotext/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c6d0b39985c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plotext/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "plotext";
+  version = "5.2.8";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "piccolomo";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-V7N7p5RxLKYLmJeojikYJ/tT/IpVGzG3ZPVvUisDAVs=";
+  };
+
+  # Package does not have a conventional test suite that can be run with either
+  # `pytestCheckHook` or the standard setuptools testing situation.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "plotext" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Plotting directly in the terminal";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/piccolomo/plotext";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ samuela ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6af64e445511..304ca34e7796 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7143,6 +7143,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   plone-testing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plone-testing { };
 
+  plotext = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plotext { };
+
   plotly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plotly { };
 
   plotnine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plotnine { };