diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/saneyaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/saneyaml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e92e464a9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/saneyaml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, setuptools-scm
+, pyyaml
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "saneyaml";
+  version = "0.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "d6074f1959041342ab41d74a6f904720ffbcf63c94467858e0e22e17e3c43d41";
+  };
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyyaml
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "saneyaml"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A PyYaml wrapper with sane behaviour to read and write readable YAML safely";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/saneyaml";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.determinatesystems.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5afd7a841b4..adf96c1cff1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7616,6 +7616,8 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) sane-backends;
   };
 
+  saneyaml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/saneyaml { };
+
   sampledata = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sampledata { };
 
   samplerate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/samplerate { };