diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03ac746137f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, astroid
+, jinja2
+, sphinx
+, pyyaml
+, unidecode
+, mock
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sphinx-autoapi";
+  version = "1.5.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "19m9yvlqwaw3b05lbb1vcla38irn4riw2ij0vjmnc2xq4f1qfl2d";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astroid jinja2 pyyaml sphinx unidecode ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx-autoapi";
+    description = "Provides 'autodoc' style documentation";
+    longDescription = "Sphinx AutoAPI provides 'autodoc' style documentation for multiple programming languages without needing to load, run, or import the project being documented.";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ karolchmist ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d40f9a1d154..0b5f211684e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6780,6 +6780,8 @@ in {
 
   sphinxcontrib-applehelp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-applehelp { };
 
+  sphinxcontrib-autoapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-autoapi { };
+
   sphinxcontrib-bibtex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex { };
 
   sphinxcontrib-blockdiag = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-blockdiag { };