diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdoc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2572b8c04611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdoc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, jinja2
+, pygments
+, markupsafe
+, astunparse
+, pytestCheckHook
+, hypothesis
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pdoc";
+  version = "12.0.2";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  # the Pypi version does not include tests
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mitmproxy";
+    repo = "pdoc";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "FVfPO/QoHQQqg7QU05GMrrad0CbRR5AQVYUpBhZoRi0=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jinja2
+    pygments
+    markupsafe
+  ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.9") astunparse;
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    hypothesis
+  ];
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Failing "test_snapshots" parametrization: Output does not match the stored snapshot
+    # This test seems to be sensitive to ordering of dictionary items and the version of dependencies.
+    # the only difference between the stored snapshot and the produced documentation is a debug javascript comment
+    "html-demopackage_dir"
+  ];
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    ''-m "not slow"'' # skip tests marked slow
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pdoc" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://pdoc.dev/";
+    description = "API Documentation for Python Projects";
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbsds ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 34cced4ec221..48112b1033cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6406,6 +6406,8 @@ in {
 
   pdm-pep517 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdm-pep517 { };
 
+  pdoc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdoc { };
+
   pdoc3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pdoc3 { };
 
   peaqevcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/peaqevcore { };