diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textdistance/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textdistance/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4a71dd9962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textdistance/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "textdistance";
+  version = "4.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "114j3ignw4y9yq1cp08p4bfw518vyr3p0h8ba2mikwy74qxxzy26";
+  };
+
+  # There aren't tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "textdistance" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python library for comparing distance between two or more sequences";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/life4/textdistance";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eduardosm ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6e3fe3260e8..032d6972654 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7962,6 +7962,8 @@ in {
 
   test-tube = callPackage ../development/python-modules/test-tube { };
 
+  textdistance = callPackage ../development/python-modules/textdistance { };
+
   textacy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/textacy { };
 
   texttable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/texttable { };