diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 4012d8568616..6d1f11d2b32e 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -3926,6 +3926,12 @@
     githubId = 11422515;
     name = "David Sánchez";
   };
+  dawidd6 = {
+    email = "dawidd0811@gmail.com";
+    github = "dawidd6";
+    githubId = 9713907;
+    name = "Dawid Dziurla";
+  };
   dawidsowa = {
     email = "dawid_sowa@posteo.net";
     github = "dawidsowa";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c12dc3a92f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, ansible-compat
+, ansible-core
+, click-help-colors
+, cookiecutter
+, enrich
+, jsonschema
+, withPlugins ? true, molecule-plugins
+, packaging
+, pluggy
+, rich
+, setuptools
+, yamllint
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "molecule";
+  version = "5.1.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-+nr4n9+TF1OcPsqZyx5edSLXpX4LZ/W2mORCdvmNnYI=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    ansible-compat
+    ansible-core
+    click-help-colors
+    cookiecutter
+    enrich
+    jsonschema
+    packaging
+    pluggy
+    rich
+    yamllint
+  ] ++ lib.optional withPlugins molecule-plugins;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "molecule" ];
+
+  # tests can't be easily run without installing things from ansible-galaxy
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Molecule aids in the development and testing of Ansible roles";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dawidd6 ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/plugins.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/plugins.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cb8a635c31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/molecule/plugins.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
+, setuptools-scm
+, python-vagrant
+, docker
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "molecule-plugins";
+  version = "23.4.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-NMR+4sEcNbowyoTqaEwe4Wac9+WNIZesnb/L9C0KG3s=";
+  };
+
+  # reverse the dependency
+  pythonRemoveDeps = [
+    "molecule"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  passthru.optional-dependencies = {
+    docker = [
+      docker
+    ];
+    vagrant = [
+      python-vagrant
+    ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "molecule_plugins" ];
+
+  # Tests require container runtimes
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Collection on molecule plugins";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule-plugins";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dawidd6 ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b90c8d2d2847..7054f76b7740 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10782,6 +10782,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   modsecurity-crs = callPackage ../tools/security/modsecurity-crs { };
 
+  molecule = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication molecule;
+
   molly-guard = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/molly-guard { };
 
   molotov = callPackage ../applications/video/molotov { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c6c64969161a..2776e271a9f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6694,6 +6694,10 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mohawk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mohawk { };
 
+  molecule = callPackage ../development/python-modules/molecule { };
+
+  molecule-plugins = callPackage ../development/python-modules/molecule/plugins.nix { };
+
   monai = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monai { };
 
   monai-deploy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monai-deploy { };