diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index ba7d586e8411..6e9e3faf60e6 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -8573,6 +8573,12 @@
     githubId = 22085373;
     name = "Luis Hebendanz";
   };
+  luizirber = {
+    email = "nixpkgs@luizirber.org";
+    github = "luizirber";
+    githubId = 6642;
+    name = "Luiz Irber";
+  };
   luizribeiro = {
     email = "nixpkgs@l9o.dev";
     matrix = "@luizribeiro:matrix.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/screed/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/screed/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f21e09d1e581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/screed/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, bz2file
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "screed";
+  version = "1.1.1";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-EB4ZNImNLUoU+dnJd3S4wTyQpmuNK3NLtakPsO1iCbU=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
+  SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = version;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "screed" ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  # These tests use the screed CLI and make assumptions on how screed is
+  # installed that break with nix. Can be enabled when upstream is fixed.
+  disabledTests = [
+    "Test_convert_shell"
+    "Test_fa_shell_command"
+    "Test_fq_shell_command"
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ bz2file setuptools ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple read-only sequence database, designed for short reads";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/screed/";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ luizirber ];
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c025140f5393..7b5a3e86dac2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10383,6 +10383,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   scrapy-splash = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scrapy-splash { };
 
+  screed = callPackage ../development/python-modules/screed { };
+
   screeninfo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/screeninfo { };
 
   screenlogicpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/screenlogicpy { };