diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spdx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spdx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f09fcfceec8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spdx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, nix-update-script
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "spdx";
+  version = "2.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bbqsrc";
+    repo = "spdx-python";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-lfTgAX4Wl01xrvLA12ZUqjah7ZiLafMAU+yNNdVkRk0=";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "spdx"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "SPDX license list database";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bbqsrc/spdx-python";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/bbqsrc/spdx-python/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.cc0;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jnsgruk ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 41856355323d..4ee744f38741 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13842,6 +13842,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   spatial-image = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spatial-image { };
 
+  spdx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spdx { };
+
   spdx-tools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spdx-tools { };
 
   speaklater = callPackage ../development/python-modules/speaklater { };