diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydivsufsort/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydivsufsort/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0679a1f228a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydivsufsort/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  cmake,
+  cython,
+  fetchPypi,
+  lib,
+  numpy,
+  setuptools,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "pydivsufsort";
+  version = "0.0.20";
+
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  # The repo hosted on github does not have tags, so we use fetchPypi, though
+  # we should replace with fetchFromGitHub when we have
+  # https://github.com/louisabraham/pydivsufsort/issues/52
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-aFpXkfrl4gDOi3pOXVFbYVP/3nF1MxvQ34GkIRCK1N8=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace-fail /bin/bash bash
+    patchShebangs build.sh
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  dependencies = [
+    cython
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Bindings to `libdivsufsort`";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/louisabraham/pydivsufsort";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jmbaur ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e54743dc5c2c..ac798d74bb79 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13354,6 +13354,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pydispatcher = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydispatcher { };
 
+  pydivsufsort = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydivsufsort { };
+
   pydle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydle { };
 
   pydmd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydmd { };