diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-markdownx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-markdownx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6275ee50441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-markdownx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, django
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, markdown
+, pillow
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "django-markdownx";
+  version = "4.0.7";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "neutronX";
+    repo = "django-markdownx";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-FZPUlogVd3FMGeH1vfKHA3tXVps0ET+UCQJflpiV2lE=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django
+    markdown
+    pillow
+  ];
+
+  # tests only executeable in vagrant
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "markdownx"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Comprehensive Markdown plugin built for Django";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/neutronX/django-markdownx/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/neutronX/django-markdownx/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ derdennisop ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c891d6198857..419f9d146902 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3083,6 +3083,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-markup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-markup { };
 
+  django-markdownx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-markdownx { };
+
   django-model-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-model-utils { };
 
   django-modelcluster = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-modelcluster { };