diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-modelsearch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-modelsearch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73fd60e8d7be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-modelsearch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
+  django,
+  django-tasks,
+
+  # tests
+  pytest-django,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  django-modelcluster,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "modelsearch";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "wagtail";
+    repo = "django-modelsearch";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-tjwVepI9mdrMbTtxfe6yNUrSHWKndGxv2lJ8AfyNcr0=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    django
+    django-modelcluster
+    django-tasks
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "modelsearch" ];
+
+  # django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting INSTALLED_APPS, but settings are not configured.
+  # You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Index Django Models with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch and query them with the ORM";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/wagtail/django-modelsearch";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/wagtail/django-modelsearch/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eb82560f6b42..87861798cafb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4083,6 +4083,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-modelcluster = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-modelcluster { };
 
+  django-modelsearch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-modelsearch { };
+
   django-modeltranslation = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-modeltranslation { };
 
   django-mptt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-mptt { };