diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlite-fts4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlite-fts4/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4342eb6e206a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlite-fts4/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy3k
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sqlite-fts4";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+  disabled = !isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "simonw";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "15r1mijk306fpm61viry5wjhqyxlbqqdk4nfcd901qarx7vqypgy";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Custom Python functions for working with SQLite FTS4";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-fts4";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ meatcar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index eeed74d4cad5..135968ed7456 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7030,6 +7030,7 @@ in {
 
   sqlitedict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sqlitedict { };
 
+  sqlite-fts4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sqlite-fts4 { };
   sqlite-utils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sqlite-utils { };
 
   sqlmap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sqlmap { };