diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cyrtranslit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cyrtranslit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03e32e91d4c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cyrtranslit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  unittestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cyrtranslit";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  # Pypi tarball doesn't contain tests/
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "opendatakosovo";
+    repo = "cyrillic-transliteration";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-t8UTOmjGqjmxU7+Po0/HmOPWAvcgZibaUC9dMlttA/0=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ unittestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "cyrtranslit" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Transliterate Cyrillic script to Latin script and vice versa";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/opendatakosovo/cyrillic-transliteration";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ erictapen ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5134f53d3b4c..fe79207265f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2761,6 +2761,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   cypherpunkpay = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cypherpunkpay { };
 
+  cyrtranslit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cyrtranslit { };
+
   cysignals = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cysignals { };
 
   cython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cython { };