diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/duckdb-engine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/duckdb-engine/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe7a95aba9bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/duckdb-engine/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, duckdb
+, hypothesis
+, ipython-sql
+, poetry-core
+, sqlalchemy
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "duckdb-engine";
+  version = "0.1.8";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "duckdb_engine";
+    owner = "Mause";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-dnm1nveCjrXFjDRykHp39AeVx7sk7Q/XwGn6hxdydT4=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ poetry-core ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ duckdb sqlalchemy ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook hypothesis ipython-sql ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "duckdb_engine" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Very very very basic sqlalchemy driver for duckdb";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Mause/duckdb_engine";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cpcloud ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 28b7d9978a1e..12b1515dbcd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2530,6 +2530,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) duckdb;
   };
 
+  duckdb-engine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/duckdb-engine { };
+
   duecredit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/duecredit { };
 
   duet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/duet { };