diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-markdown/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-markdown/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0330a38f314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-markdown/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, wheel
+, importlib-metadata
+, myst-parser
+, pyscaffold
+, configupdater
+, pre-commit
+, pytest
+, pytest-cov
+, pytest-xdist
+, tox
+, twine
+, virtualenv
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyscaffoldext-markdown";
+  version = "0.5";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-fycTscq9rjUNFidWyeoH4QwedthdCdqqjXDO9DC4tds=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    importlib-metadata
+    myst-parser
+    pyscaffold
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    testing = [
+      configupdater
+      pre-commit
+      pytest
+      pytest-cov
+      pytest-xdist
+      setuptools-scm
+      tox
+      twine
+      virtualenv
+    ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyscaffoldext.markdown" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "PyScaffold extension which uses Markdown instead of reStructuredText";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/pyscaffoldext-markdown/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewcroughan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 43e5b62ce0d0..116b2c2b96a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11316,6 +11316,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   pyscaffoldext-dsproject = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-dsproject { };
 
+  pyscaffoldext-markdown = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscaffoldext-markdown { };
+
   pyscf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyscf { };
 
   pyschedule = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyschedule { };