diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gb-io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gb-io/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e61248cecf93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gb-io/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, buildPythonPackage
+, rustPlatform
+, setuptools-rust
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gb-io";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "althonos";
+    repo = "gb-io.py";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "05fpz11rqqjrb8lc8id6ssv7sni9i1h7x1ra5v5flw9ghpf29ncm";
+  };
+
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
+    inherit src sourceRoot;
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "1qh31jysg475f2qc70b3bczmzywmg9987kn2vsmk88h8sx4nnwc5";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "source";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-rust ] ++ (with rustPlatform; [
+    cargoSetupHook
+    rust.cargo
+    rust.rustc
+  ]);
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    python -m unittest discover
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "gb_io" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/althonos/gb-io.py";
+    description = "A Python interface to gb-io, a fast GenBank parser written in Rust";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dlesl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 942e002b3401..956b8a9e99d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3205,6 +3205,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) bluez glib pkg-config;
   };
 
+  gb-io = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gb-io { };
+
   gbinder-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gbinder-python { };
 
   gcovr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gcovr { };