diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdformat-footnote/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdformat-footnote/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cee0e1bd5e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdformat-footnote/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, linkify-it-py
+, markdown-it-py
+, mdformat
+, mdit-py-plugins
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mdformat-footnote";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+  format = "flit";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "executablebooks";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-DUCBWcmB5i6/HkqxjlU3aTRO7i0n2sj+e/doKB8ffeo=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    mdformat
+    mdit-py-plugins
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "mdformat_footnote"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Footnote format addition for mdformat";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat-footnote";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aldoborrero ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0048c143e060..a7139f872f1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6212,6 +6212,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mdformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdformat { };
   mdformat-beautysh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdformat-beautysh { };
+  mdformat-footnote = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdformat-footnote { };
 
   mdit-py-plugins = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdit-py-plugins { };