diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 5f47c859a8e..da3a77f4206 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@
     github = "akru";
     name = "Alexander Krupenkin ";
   };
+  alexchapman = {
+    name = "Alex Chapman";
+    email = "alex@farfromthere.net";
+    github = "AJChapman";
+  };
   alexvorobiev = {
     email = "alexander.vorobiev@gmail.com";
     github = "alexvorobiev";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-docx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-docx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11ade481df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-docx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, behave
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lxml
+, pytest
+, pyparsing
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-docx";
+  version = "0.8.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "117i84s6fcdsrfckbvznnqgqwhnf1x0523ps16cki8sg9byydv2m";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ behave mock pyparsing pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ lxml ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Create and update Microsoft Word .docx files";
+    homepage = https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.alexchapman ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d5e3a11236c..e572eaefb2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18298,6 +18298,8 @@ EOF
   wsproto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wsproto { };
 
   h11 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/h11 { };
+
+  python-docx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-docx { };
 });
 
 in fix' (extends overrides packages)