diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/basemap-data/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/basemap-data/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ebdbbe4d1594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/basemap-data/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonAtLeast
+, basemap
+, cython
+, geos
+, numpy
+, matplotlib
+, pyproj
+, pyshp
+, python
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "basemap-data";
+  inherit (basemap) version src;
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/packages/basemap_data";
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck =  [ "mpl_toolkits.basemap_data" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://matplotlib.org/basemap/";
+    description = "Data assets for matplotlib basemap";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit lgpl3Plus ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 29a3ab98091b..4f461c440762 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1189,6 +1189,8 @@ in {
 
   basemap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/basemap { };
 
+  basemap-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/basemap-data { };
+
   bash_kernel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bash_kernel { };
 
   bashlex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bashlex { };