diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-authors-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-authors-plugin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd40bb14b1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-authors-plugin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, mkdocs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mkdocs-git-authors-plugin";
+  version = "0.7.2";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "timvink";
+    repo = "mkdocs-git-authors-plugin";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-jhYwi9HO6kxOS1QmEKb1YnXGSJ4Eyo4Sm07jI4lxXnA=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mkdocs ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mkdocs_git_authors_plugin" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Lightweight MkDocs plugin to display git authors of a markdown page";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/timvink/mkdocs-git-authors-plugin";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ totoroot ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 088b79d86c37..c319990a5fe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6540,6 +6540,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
   mkdocs-exclude = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs-exclude { };
   mkdocs-jupyter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs-jupyter { };
   mkdocs-gitlab = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs-gitlab-plugin { };
+  mkdocs-git-authors-plugin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs-git-authors-plugin { };
   mkdocs-linkcheck = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs-linkcheck { };
   mkdocs-macros = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs-macros { };
   mkdocs-material = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mkdocs-material { };