diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc8785/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc8785/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3505ebc460e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rfc8785/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flit-core
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rfc8785";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "trailofbits";
+    repo = "rfc8785.py";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-hMH//DpxgNoNLZJ8XL8SikcTfj0w0FvlBMfnPCkqzZ4=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    flit-core
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rfc8785" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Module for RFC8785 (JSON Canonicalization Scheme)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/trailofbits/rfc8785.py";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/trailofbits/rfc8785.py/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 340825d1867a..a1d726515961 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13403,6 +13403,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   rfc7464 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rfc7464 { };
 
+  rfc8785 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rfc8785 { };
+
   rfcat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rfcat { };
 
   rflink = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rflink { };