diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/simplecosine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simplecosine/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0709c1325387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/simplecosine/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
+  numpy,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "simplecosine";
+  version = "1.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dedupeio";
+    repo = "simplecosine";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-TNQnSbCh7o5JsxvfljRGSNwptwpLHmVw9gyk0TELDek=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "simplecosine"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple cosine distance calculation for string comparison";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dedupeio/simplecosine";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ daniel-fahey ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5a14083c93e6..1c5af03f62f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16852,6 +16852,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   simplebayes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simplebayes { };
 
+  simplecosine = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simplecosine { };
+
   simpleeval = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simpleeval { };
 
   simplefin4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/simplefin4py { };