diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/langdetect/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/langdetect/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcd90dd89bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/langdetect/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "langdetect";
+  version = "1.0.7";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "0c5zm6c7xzsigbb9c7v4r33fcpz911zscfwvh3dq1qxdy3ap18ci";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python port of Google's language-detection library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/Mimino666/langdetect;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ earvstedt ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ec543c75597..69b3061577e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -484,6 +484,8 @@ in {
     mpi = pkgs.openmpi;
   };
 
+  langdetect = callPackage ../development/python-modules/langdetect { };
+
   libmr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libmr { };
 
   limitlessled = callPackage ../development/python-modules/limitlessled { };