diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fugashi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fugashi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a8c1ac9db2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fugashi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, buildPythonPackage
+, cython
+, mecab
+, setuptools-scm
+, ipadic
+, unidic
+, unidic-lite
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fugashi";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "polm";
+    repo = "fugashi";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-VDqRhJiNDbKFE284EAUS0d5T9cl8kgyHjh+r/HjjDY8=";
+  };
+
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython mecab setuptools-scm ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ ipadic pytestCheckHook ]
+    ++ passthru.optional-dependencies.unidic-lite;
+
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    unidic-lite = [ unidic-lite ];
+    unidic = [ unidic ];
+  };
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    cd fugashi
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "fugashi" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Cython MeCab wrapper for fast, pythonic Japanese tokenization and morphological analysis";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/polm/fugashi";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/polm/fugashi/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ laurent-f1z1 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bf13d29482ae..bb1fe75ef82f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3866,6 +3866,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ftputil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ftputil { };
 
+  fugashi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fugashi { };
+
   func-timeout = callPackage ../development/python-modules/func-timeout { };
 
   funcparserlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/funcparserlib { };