diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplfinance/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplfinance/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1d0bf2b9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mplfinance/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, matplotlib, pandas }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mplfinance";
+  version = "0.12.7a7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-pATiprTELt8GrEkeKjILPfpdNDVoex5t+Mc+6Gg7cPY=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ matplotlib pandas ];
+
+  # tests are only included on GitHub where this version misses a tag
+  # and half of them fail
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mplfinance" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Matplotlib utilities for the visualization, and visual analysis, of financial data";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/matplotlib/mplfinance";
+    license = [ licenses.bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c5f8ac703fd..bd4fe10b30f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4373,6 +4373,8 @@ in {
 
   mpi4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpi4py { };
 
+  mplfinance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mplfinance { };
+
   mplleaflet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mplleaflet { };
 
   mpmath = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpmath { };