diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rapidfuzz-capi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rapidfuzz-capi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0235f1eda44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rapidfuzz-capi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "rapidfuzz-capi";
+  version = "1.0.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "maxbachmann";
+    repo = "rapidfuzz_capi";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-0IvJl2JU/k1WbGPWRoucVGbVsEFNPHZT1ozEQAKQnPk=";
+  };
+
+  # upstream has no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rapidfuzz_capi" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "C-API of RapidFuzz, which can be used to extend RapidFuzz from separate packages";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz_capi";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 063ba557ce03..71da9cbed2a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8664,6 +8664,8 @@ in {
 
   rapidfuzz = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rapidfuzz { };
 
+  rapidfuzz-capi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rapidfuzz-capi { };
+
   rarfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rarfile {
     inherit (pkgs) libarchive;
   };