diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/drf-jwt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/drf-jwt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad3edc59246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/drf-jwt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pyjwt
+, djangorestframework
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "drf-jwt";
+  version = "1.19.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Styria-Digital";
+    repo = "django-rest-framework-jwt";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "012rmm25w5gvkzi4lyyhn47y1n6g68q9gasga2mkv9i6mn8n4kp7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyjwt
+    djangorestframework
+  ];
+
+  # requires setting up a django instance
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "rest_framework_jwt"
+    "rest_framework_jwt.blacklist"
+    # require setting DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
+    # "rest_framework_jwt.authentication"
+    # "rest_framework_jwt.blacklist.views"
+    # "rest_framework_jwt.settings"
+    # "rest_framework_jwt.utils"
+    # "rest_framework_jwt.views"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "JSON Web Token based authentication for Django REST framework";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Styria-Digital/django-rest-framework-jwt";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 19d2a40dce6..9b80ce8dba5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2044,6 +2044,8 @@ in {
 
   dpkt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dpkt { };
 
+  drf-jwt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/drf-jwt { };
+
   drf-nested-routers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/drf-nested-routers { };
 
   drf-yasg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/drf-yasg { };