diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/rembg/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/rembg/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6cab6631a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/rembg/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{ python3Packages }:
+
+python3Packages.toPythonApplication (python3Packages.rembg.override { withCli = true; })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rembg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rembg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4a5efd51768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rembg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  wheel,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  withCli ? false,
+
+  # dependencies
+  jsonschema,
+  numpy,
+  onnxruntime,
+  opencv-python-headless,
+  pillow,
+  pooch,
+  pymatting,
+  scikit-image,
+  scipy,
+  tqdm,
+
+  # optional-dependencies
+  aiohttp,
+  asyncer,
+  click,
+  fastapi,
+  filetype,
+  gradio,
+  python-multipart,
+  uvicorn,
+  watchdog,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rembg";
+  version = "2.0.65";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "danielgatis";
+    repo = "rembg";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-o6M3DSW1GL3xvEx4lsE325J3XcmRrhhPszS5MkaynsE=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    jsonschema
+    numpy
+    opencv-python-headless
+    onnxruntime
+    pillow
+    pooch
+    pymatting
+    scikit-image
+    scipy
+    tqdm
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withCli optional-dependencies.cli;
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    cli = [
+      aiohttp
+      asyncer
+      click
+      fastapi
+      filetype
+      gradio
+      python-multipart
+      uvicorn
+      watchdog
+    ];
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export NUMBA_CACHE_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString (!withCli) "rm -r $out/bin";
+
+  # not running python tests, as they require network access
+  nativeCheckInputs = lib.optionals withCli [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rembg" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tool to remove background from images";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/danielgatis/rembg";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/danielgatis/rembg/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ defelo ];
+    mainProgram = "rembg";
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 10352989eae2..41243aa0b62e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15447,6 +15447,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   remarshal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/remarshal { };
 
+  rembg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rembg { };
+
   remctl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/remctl { remctl-c = pkgs.remctl; };
 
   remi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/remi { };