diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/speg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/speg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83bdc1e5b046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/speg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, speg
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "speg";
+  version = "0.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-EMvvR+Fo38YvFNtXXPHEKAN6K4gc7mw8/O2gQ5wkPnE=";
+    extension = "zip";
+  };
+
+  pythonImportChecks = [ "speg" ];
+
+  # checks fail for seemingly spurious reasons
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A PEG-based parser interpreter with memoization (in time)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/avakar/speg";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ xworld21 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6df7c8b16581..7c0a592e1a0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11500,6 +11500,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   speedtest-cli = callPackage ../development/python-modules/speedtest-cli { };
 
+  speg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/speg { };
+
   spglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spglib { };
 
   sphfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphfile { };