diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backrefs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backrefs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2446f8379b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backrefs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  hatchling,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  regex,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "backrefs";
+  version = "5.9";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "facelessuser";
+    repo = "backrefs";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-W75JLoBn990PoO3Ej3nb3BjOGm0c71o8hDDBUFWr8i4=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "backrefs" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    regex
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Wrapper around re or regex that adds additional back references";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/facelessuser/backrefs";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/facelessuser/backrefs/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ drupol ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 28aa7a7dddb1..bf1c1c7f4806 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1635,6 +1635,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   backports-tarfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-tarfile { };
 
+  backrefs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backrefs { };
+
   backtesting = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backtesting { };
 
   bacpypes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bacpypes { };