diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lo/lookup-license/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lo/lookup-license/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0504ccaa5769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lo/lookup-license/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{ python3Packages }:
+
+python3Packages.toPythonApplication python3Packages.lookup-license
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lookup-license/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lookup-license/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..611425b902de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lookup-license/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
+  appdirs,
+  cachetools,
+  diskcache,
+  foss-flame,
+  license-expression,
+  packageurl-python,
+  python-magic,
+  requests,
+  scancode-toolkit,
+  xmltodict,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "lookup-license";
+  version = "0.1.30";
+  pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hesa";
+    repo = "lookup-license";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-zFDqh62bjYkO3Duze3suS8LlrlzuqQes7ZaH+9G+yQ4=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    appdirs
+    cachetools
+    diskcache
+    foss-flame
+    license-expression
+    packageurl-python
+    python-magic
+    requests
+    scancode-toolkit
+    xmltodict
+  ];
+
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "requests"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'ret' where it is not associated with a value
+    "test_lookup_license_url_bad"
+    "test_lookup_license_url_good"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "lookup_license"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python tool to identify license from license text";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/hesa/lookup-license";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/hesa/lookup-license/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    mainProgram = "lookup-license";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
+      gpl3Only
+      asl20
+      cc-by-40
+      gpl3Plus
+    ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ eljamm ];
+    teams = with lib.teams; [ ngi ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6c08a84cbf5c..0469c8e63a26 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9514,6 +9514,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   london-tube-status = callPackage ../development/python-modules/london-tube-status { };
 
+  lookup-license = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lookup-license { };
+
   lookyloo-models = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lookyloo-models { };
 
   loompy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/loompy { };