diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/faiss-cpu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/faiss-cpu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d74e20249a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/faiss-cpu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  mkPythonMetaPackage,
+  faiss,
+}:
+
+mkPythonMetaPackage {
+  pname = "faiss-cpu";
+  inherit (faiss) version;
+  dependencies = [ faiss ];
+  meta = {
+    inherit (faiss.meta) description homepage;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e8558e3a9521..cb951989c91b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5337,6 +5337,16 @@ self: super: with self; {
     };
   };
 
+  faiss-cpu = callPackage ../development/python-modules/faiss-cpu {
+    faiss = self.faiss.override {
+      faiss-build = pkgs.faiss.override {
+        pythonSupport = true;
+        python3Packages = self;
+        cudaSupport = false;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
   fake-useragent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fake-useragent { };
 
   faker = callPackage ../development/python-modules/faker { };