diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unstructured/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unstructured/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..542e6f0adc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unstructured/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+# propagated build inputs
+, chardet
+, filetype
+, lxml
+, msg-parser
+, nltk
+, openpyxl
+, pandas
+, pdf2image
+, pdfminer-six
+, pillow
+, pypandoc
+, python-docx
+, python-pptx
+, python-magic
+, markdown
+, requests
+, tabulate
+, xlrd
+# optional-dependencies
+, langdetect
+, sacremoses
+, sentencepiece
+, torch
+, transformers
+, unstructured-inference
+, s3fs
+, fsspec
+, adlfs
+# , discord-py
+, pygithub
+, python-gitlab
+, praw
+, slack-sdk
+, wikipedia
+, google-api-python-client
+# , gcsfs
+, elasticsearch8
+, jq
+# , dropboxdrivefs
+, atlassian-python-api
+# test dependencies
+, pytestCheckHook
+, black
+, coverage
+, click
+, freezegun
+# , label-studio-sdk
+, mypy
+, pytest-cov
+, pytest-mock
+, vcrpy
+, grpcio
+}:
+let
+  version = "0.8.1";
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    huggingflace = [
+      langdetect
+      sacremoses
+      sentencepiece
+      torch
+      transformers
+    ];
+    local-inference = [ unstructured-inference ];
+    s3 = [ s3fs fsspec ];
+    azure = [ adlfs fsspec ];
+    discord = [ ]; # discord-py
+    github = [ pygithub ];
+    gitlab = [ python-gitlab ];
+    reddit = [ praw ];
+    slack = [ slack-sdk ];
+    wikipedia = [ wikipedia ];
+    google-drive = [ google-api-python-client ];
+    gcs = []; # gcsfs fsspec
+    elasticsearch = [ elasticsearch8 jq ];
+    dropbox = []; # dropboxdrivefs fsspec
+    confluence = [ atlassian-python-api ];
+  };
+in
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "unstructured";
+  inherit version;
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Unstructured-IO";
+    repo = "unstructured";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-I9pRycg3uGn7Xfd4YGxic16SXi8+gslsIVarzDT8X2w=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    chardet
+    filetype
+    lxml
+    msg-parser
+    nltk
+    openpyxl
+    pandas
+    pdf2image
+    pdfminer-six
+    pillow
+    pypandoc
+    python-docx
+    python-pptx
+    python-magic
+    markdown
+    requests
+    tabulate
+    xlrd
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "unstructured" ];
+
+  # test try to download punkt from nltk
+  # figure out how to make it available to enable the tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    black
+    coverage
+    click
+    freezegun
+    mypy
+    pytest-cov
+    pytest-mock
+    vcrpy
+    grpcio
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Open source libraries and APIs to build custom preprocessing pipelines for labeling, training, or production machine learning pipelines";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Unstructured-IO/unstructured/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ happysalada ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 08fba87746d..0465cbe4187 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13100,6 +13100,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   unrpa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unrpa { };
 
+  unstructured = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unstructured { };
+
   unstructured-inference = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unstructured-inference { };
 
   untangle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/untangle { };