diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geoarrow-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geoarrow-c/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..deef6b21947a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geoarrow-c/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pythonOlder,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pyarrow,
+  cython,
+  numpy,
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "geoarrow-c";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "geoarrow-c";
+    owner = "geoarrow";
+    rev = "refs/tags/geoarrow-c-python-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-kQCD3Vptl7GtRFigr4darvdtwnaHRLZWvBBpZ0xHMgM=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/python/geoarrow-c";
+
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pyarrow
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "geoarrow.c" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Experimental C and C++ implementation of the GeoArrow specification";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/geoarrow/geoarrow-c";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      cpcloud
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ef18f89beb47..7c622a65bfbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4964,6 +4964,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   geoalchemy2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geoalchemy2 { };
 
+  geoarrow-c = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geoarrow-c { };
+
   geoarrow-types = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geoarrow-types { };
 
   geocachingapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geocachingapi { };