diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libredwg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libredwg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76f01f9a503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libredwg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, texinfo, pcre2
+, enablePython ? false, python, swig, libxml2, ncurses
+}:
+let
+  isPython3 = enablePython && python.pythonAtLeast "3";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "libredwg";
+  version = "0.10.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LibreDWG";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1zd721z2nriw1jlrh4y1fj59b0dnymhd4kwp8rqw16bs84gda37n";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config texinfo ] 
+    ++ lib.optional enablePython swig;
+
+  buildInputs = [ pcre2 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals enablePython [ python ]
+    # configurePhase fails with python 3 when ncurses is missing
+    ++ lib.optional isPython3 ncurses
+  ;
+
+  # prevent python tests from running when not building with python
+  configureFlags = lib.optional (!enablePython) "--disable-python";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  # the "xmlsuite" test requires the libxml2 c library as well as the python module
+  checkInputs = lib.optionals enablePython [ libxml2 libxml2.dev ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Free implementation of the DWG file format";
+    homepage = "https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/libredwg/";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tweber ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index df833ea518d..a5edc39f519 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13236,6 +13236,9 @@ in
   libplist = callPackage ../development/libraries/libplist { };
 
   libre = callPackage ../development/libraries/libre {};
+
+  libredwg = callPackage ../development/libraries/libredwg {};
+
   librem = callPackage ../development/libraries/librem {};
 
   librelp = callPackage ../development/libraries/librelp { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 115f3286edb..10ae75e1b5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4465,6 +4465,11 @@ in {
   }));
 
   libkeepass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libkeepass { };
+  
+  libredwg = toPythonModule (pkgs.libredwg.override {
+    enablePython = true;
+    inherit (self) python libxml2;
+  });
 
   librepo = pipe pkgs.librepo [
     toPythonModule