diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ffpyplayer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ffpyplayer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0661ecb99681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ffpyplayer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkg-config,
+
+  # build-system
+  cython,
+  setuptools,
+
+  # buildInputs
+  SDL2,
+  # ffpyplayer is not compatible with ffmpeg 7
+  # https://github.com/matham/ffpyplayer/issues/166
+  ffmpeg_6,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "ffpyplayer";
+  version = "4.5.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "matham";
+    repo = "ffpyplayer";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-dzSORPNXQ82d9fmfuQa8RcxDu5WbUBJEDG/SWQLJ6i0=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail \
+        "cython~=3.0.11" \
+        "cython"
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail \
+        "cython~=3.0.11" \
+        "cython"
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    (lib.getDev SDL2)
+    (lib.getDev ffmpeg_6)
+  ];
+
+  env = {
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
+      "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"
+      "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ffpyplayer" ];
+
+  # No proper test suite
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/matham/ffpyplayer/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    description = "A cython implementation of an ffmpeg based player";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/matham/ffpyplayer";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ drupol ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ec2e4389352c..be1cb5078a7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5571,6 +5571,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ffmpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ffmpy { };
 
+  ffpyplayer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ffpyplayer { };
+
   fhir-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fhir-py { };
 
   fiblary3-fork = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fiblary3-fork { };