diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail-localize/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail-localize/default.nix
index d90a71ca2582..8959b24e33da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail-localize/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail-localize/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 , pythonOlder
 , typing-extensions
 , wagtail
+, wagtail-modeladmin
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     wagtail
     polib
     typing-extensions
+    wagtail-modeladmin
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail-modeladmin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail-modeladmin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf5352238cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wagtail-modeladmin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, dj-database-url
+, django
+, django-rq
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flit-core
+, freezegun
+, google-cloud-translate
+, polib
+, python
+, pythonOlder
+, typing-extensions
+, wagtail
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "wagtail-modeladmin";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = pname;
+    owner = "wagtail-nest";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-J6ViGf7lqUvl5EV4/LbADVDp15foY9bUZygs1dSDlKw=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    wagtail
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    dj-database-url
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "wagtail_modeladmin" ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    ${python.interpreter} testmanage.py test
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Add any model in your project to the Wagtail admin. Formerly wagtail.contrib.modeladmin";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/wagtail-nest/wagtail-modeladmin";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail-modeladmin/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sephi ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 065271af1130..2d8421f197f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16095,6 +16095,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   wagtail-localize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wagtail-localize { };
 
+  wagtail-modeladmin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wagtail-modeladmin { };
+
   waitress = callPackage ../development/python-modules/waitress { };
 
   waitress-django = callPackage ../development/python-modules/waitress-django { };