diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-autodoc-typehints/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-autodoc-typehints/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..769636976385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinx-autodoc-typehints/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, sphinx
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+let
+  pname = "sphinx-autodoc-typehints";
+  version = "1.18.3";
+in
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit pname version;
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "sphinx_autodoc_typehints";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-wE2PjXDpiJYOJbIGrzmpDfhOfiwIW7JOEjvDaEAhsxM=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    sphinx
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  # requires spobjinv, nbtyping
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "sphinx_autodoc_typehints"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Type hints (PEP 484) support for the Sphinx autodoc extension";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tox-dev/sphinx-autodoc-typehints";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 071c647e59a7..2f597b28afd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10084,6 +10084,8 @@ in {
 
   sphinx-autobuild = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-autobuild { };
 
+  sphinx-autodoc-typehints = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-autodoc-typehints { };
+
   sphinx-basic-ng = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-basic-ng { };
 
   sphinx-copybutton = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinx-copybutton { };