diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpldatacursor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpldatacursor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b14470ca215a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpldatacursor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, matplotlib
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mpldatacursor";
+  version = "0.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "joferkington";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0i1lwl6x6hgjq4xwsc138i4v5895lmnpfqwpzpnj5mlck6fy6rda";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ matplotlib ];
+
+  # No tests included in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mpldatacursor" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/joferkington/mpldatacursor";
+    description = "Interactive data cursors for matplotlib";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bzizou ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a8736b7182a5..67db1490780f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4640,6 +4640,8 @@ in {
 
   mpi4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpi4py { };
 
+  mpldatacursor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpldatacursor { };
+
   mplfinance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mplfinance { };
 
   mplleaflet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mplleaflet { };