diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docstring-parser/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docstring-parser/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2b8e1c7c01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docstring-parser/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, setuptools
+, setuptools_scm
+, wheel
+, pytest
+}: buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "docstring-parser";
+  version = "0.12";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rr-";
+    repo = "docstring_parser";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-hQuPJQrGvDs4dJrMLSR4sSnqy45xrF2ufinBG+azuCg=";
+  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytest setuptools wheel ];
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Parse Python docstrings in various flavors. ";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rr-/docstring_parser";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SomeoneSerge ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f575dc6e3e60..3a8232fe08db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2351,6 +2351,8 @@ in {
 
   docstring-to-markdown = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docstring-to-markdown { };
 
+  docstring-parser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docstring-parser { };
+
   docopt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docopt { };
 
   docopt-ng = callPackage ../development/python-modules/docopt-ng { };