diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jschon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jschon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a1686095fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jschon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
+, wheel
+, rfc3986
+, pytestCheckHook
+, hypothesis
+, requests
+, pytest-httpserver
+, pytest-xdist
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "jschon";
+  version = "0.11.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "marksparkza";
+    repo = "jschon";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-uOvEIEUEILsoLuV5U9AJCQAlT4iHQhsnSt65gfCiW0k=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    rfc3986
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "jschon"
+    "jschon.catalog"
+    "jschon.vocabulary"
+    "jschon.exc"
+    "jschon.exceptions"
+    "jschon.formats"
+    "jschon.json"
+    "jschon.jsonpatch"
+    "jschon.jsonpointer"
+    "jschon.jsonschema"
+    "jschon.output"
+    "jschon.uri"
+    "jschon.utils"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    hypothesis
+    requests
+    pytest-httpserver
+    #pytest-benchmark # not needed for distribution
+    pytest-xdist # not used upstream, but massive speedup
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "tests/test_benchmarks.py"
+  ];
+
+  # used in checks
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An object-oriented JSON Schema implementation for Python";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/marksparkza/jschon";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/marksparkza/jschon/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbsds ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 005bb5fc87d7..c3a056ee545a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6202,6 +6202,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   jschema-to-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jschema-to-python { };
 
+  jschon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jschon { };
+
   jsmin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/jsmin { };
 
   json5 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/json5 { };