diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spdx-license-list/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spdx-license-list/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a7b914c3a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spdx-license-list/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  poetry-core,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "spdx-license-list";
+  version = "3.28.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "JJMC89";
+    repo = "spdx-license-list";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-qzEWa2SY4XfW+DgAl6UNUItYWGJ/dJM6jZ/ZekoVgNc=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  # upstream has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "spdx_license_list"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "SPDX License List as a Python dictionary";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/JJMC89/spdx-license-list";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/JJMC89/spdx-license-list/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eljamm ];
+    teams = with lib.teams; [ ngi ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b6b53dfe39c8..4323712b78d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18417,6 +18417,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   spdx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spdx { };
 
+  spdx-license-list = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spdx-license-list { };
+
   spdx-tools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spdx-tools { };
 
   speak2mary = callPackage ../development/python-modules/speak2mary { };