diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybtex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybtex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20689255435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybtex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, latexcodec, pyyaml }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.21";
+  pname = "pybtex";
+
+  doCheck = false;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ latexcodec pyyaml ];
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version pname;
+    sha256 = "00300j8dn5pxq4ndxmfmbmycg2znawkqs49val2x6jlmfiy6r2mg";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://pybtex.org/";
+    description = "A BibTeX-compatible bibliography processor written in Python";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 673c88761d3..cb04a555a89 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5968,6 +5968,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  pybtex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybtex {};
+
   pycallgraph = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pycallgraph-${version}";
     version = "1.0.1";