diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/easyocr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/easyocr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d92bf15f88cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/easyocr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, hdf5
+, numpy
+, opencv3
+, pillow
+, pyaml
+, pyclipper
+, python-bidi
+, torch
+, scikitimage
+, scipy
+, shapely
+, torchvision
+, onnx
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "easyocr";
+  version = "1.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "JaidedAI";
+    repo = "EasyOCR";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-f+JBSnFMRvVlhRRiL1rJb7a0CNjZPuh6r8r3K1meQCk=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace requirements.txt \
+      --replace "opencv-python-headless<=4.5.4.60" "" \
+      --replace "ninja" ""
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    scikitimage
+    hdf5
+    python-bidi
+    numpy
+    opencv3
+    torchvision
+    pillow
+    pyaml
+    pyclipper
+    torch
+    scipy
+    shapely
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ onnx ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "easyocr" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cc823bf5081b..8b75422d9ff9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3931,6 +3931,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   easycrypt-runtest = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/easycrypt/runtest.nix { };
 
+  easyocr = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication easyocr;
+
   EBTKS = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/biology/EBTKS { };
 
   ecasound = callPackage ../applications/audio/ecasound { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 647bef6357fd..a3f626314490 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2834,6 +2834,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   easygui = callPackage ../development/python-modules/easygui { };
 
+  easyocr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/easyocr { };
+
   EasyProcess = callPackage ../development/python-modules/easyprocess { };
 
   easysnmp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/easysnmp { };