diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/charset-normalizer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/charset-normalizer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc0f5e1b296a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/charset-normalizer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "charset-normalizer";
+  version = "2.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Ousret";
+    repo = "charset_normalizer";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "04rnyrqay11kma9pzagi1mzhc0sq37ggpv39kad2d4ynm35v2hfq";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace " --cov=charset_normalizer --cov-report=term-missing" ""
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "charset_normalizer" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python module for encoding and language detection";
+    homepage = "https://charset-normalizer.readthedocs.io/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6e5a95ad7f63..ff603b6be8e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1423,6 +1423,8 @@ in {
 
   chardet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chardet { };
 
+  charset-normalizer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/charset-normalizer { };
+
   chart-studio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chart-studio { };
 
   check-manifest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/check-manifest { };