diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/drf-ujson2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/drf-ujson2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58277fca7ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/drf-ujson2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+
+# dependencies
+, django
+, djangorestframework
+, ujson
+
+# tests
+, pytest-django
+, pytest-mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "drf-ujson2";
+  version = "1.7.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Amertz08";
+    repo = "drf_ujson2";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-kbpZN1zOXHvRPcn+Sjbelq74cWgvCUeMXZy1eFSa6rA=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/--cov/d' setup.cfg
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    django
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    djangorestframework
+    ujson
+  ];
+
+  env.DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "tests.settings";
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-django
+    pytest-mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Amertz08/drf_ujson2/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    description = "JSON parser and renderer using ujson for Django Rest Framework";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Amertz08/drf_ujson2";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c08bfb75af49..c6bb28dcb8c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2949,6 +2949,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   drf-spectacular-sidecar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/drf-spectacular-sidecar { };
 
+  drf-ujson2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/drf-ujson2 { };
+
   drf-writable-nested = callPackage ../development/python-modules/drf-writable-nested { };
 
   drf-yasg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/drf-yasg { };