diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-ninja/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-ninja/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..620960797ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-ninja/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, django
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, flit-core
+, psycopg2
+, pydantic
+, pytest-asyncio
+, pytest-django
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "django-ninja";
+  version = "0.22.2";
+  format = "pyproject";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vitalik";
+    repo = "django-ninja";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-oeisurp9seSn3X/5jFF9DMm9nU6uDYIU1b6/J3o2be0=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django pydantic ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ flit-core ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    psycopg2
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-django
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/vitalik/django-ninja/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    description = "Web framework for building APIs with Django and Python type hints";
+    homepage = "https://django-ninja.rest-framework.com/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ elohmeier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 01cf514cba7..18b7a9eca95 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2964,6 +2964,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   django-mysql = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-mysql { };
 
+  django-ninja = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-ninja { };
+
   django-nose = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-nose { };
 
   django-oauth-toolkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-oauth-toolkit { };