diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/codespell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/codespell/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dfd0be09fab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/codespell/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchPypi, pytest, chardet }:
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "codespell";
+  version = "1.15.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0c211rzfgmwls8ab8fj21xp9bhxk6ys3xw8w7chp4arjlifc26wg";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest chardet ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # We don't want to be affected by the presence of these
+    rm -r codespell_lib setup.cfg
+    # test_command assumes too much about the execution environment
+    pytest --pyargs codespell_lib.tests -k "not test_command"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Fix common misspellings in source code";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2 cc-by-sa-30 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ johnazoidberg ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f97ed6ec56bd..31b0622d656f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -747,6 +747,8 @@ in
 
   chkcrontab = callPackage ../tools/admin/chkcrontab { };
 
+  codespell = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication codespell;
+
   cozy = callPackage ../applications/audio/cozy-audiobooks { };
 
   ctrtool = callPackage ../tools/archivers/ctrtool { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d782de82e4d6..e8b95115d683 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ in {
 
   cozy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cozy { };
 
+  codespell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/codespell { };
+
   curio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/curio { };
 
   dendropy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dendropy { };