diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-api-key/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-api-key/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35f3880322e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework-api-key/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  dj-database-url,
+  django,
+  django-test-migrations,
+  djangorestframework,
+  packaging,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
+  pytest-django,
+  pytest-dotenv,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "djangorestframework-api-key";
+  version = "3.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "florimondmanca";
+    repo = "djangorestframework-api-key";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-TyYSO3OQslipl2T5BtsTABaTJD4HMCX61TOZXNR+lXE=";
+  };
+
+  # Use python-dotenv instead of django-dotenv
+  # as django-dotenv has not been maintained for
+  # years.
+  patchPhase = ''
+    runHook prePatch
+
+    substituteInPlace tests/conftest.py test_project/manage.py \
+      --replace-fail 'read_dotenv' 'load_dotenv'
+
+    runHook postPatch
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    django
+    djangorestframework
+    packaging
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    dj-database-url
+    django-test-migrations
+    pytest-cov-stub
+    pytest-django
+    pytest-dotenv
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "rest_framework_api_key"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "API key permissions for Django REST Framework";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/florimondmanca/djangorestframework-api-key";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/florimondmanca/djangorestframework-api-key/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ soyouzpanda ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8ac3bcb9dbcd..d82e367a44ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4501,6 +4501,10 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   djangorestframework = callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework { };
 
+  djangorestframework-api-key =
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework-api-key
+      { };
+
   djangorestframework-camel-case =
     callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework-camel-case
       { };