diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygtkspellcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygtkspellcheck/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9dcb2b732ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygtkspellcheck/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, gobject-introspection, gtk3, pyenchant, pygobject3 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pygtkspellcheck";
+  version = "4.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0pc3xmv1q775hn4kc1kspvpdn4gm7ix3aw6hz9iy3brfcw6ddcl4";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gobject-introspection gtk3 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyenchant pygobject3 ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # there are no tests
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gtkspellcheck" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/koehlma/pygtkspellcheck";
+    description = "A Python spell-checking library for GtkTextViews based on Enchant";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ xfix ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 01e3311054d..e808711b862 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5767,6 +5767,8 @@ in {
 
   pygtail = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygtail { };
 
+  pygtkspellcheck = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygtkspellcheck { };
+
   pygtrie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygtrie { };
 
   pyhamcrest = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyhamcrest { };