diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-datetime-fromisoformat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-datetime-fromisoformat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7db161b8611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/backports-datetime-fromisoformat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "backports-datetime-fromisoformat";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0p0gyhfqq6gssf3prsy0pcfq5w0wx2w3pcjqbwx3imvc92ls4xwm";
+  };
+
+  # no tests in pypi package
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "backports.datetime_fromisoformat" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Backport of Python 3.7's datetime.fromisoformat";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/movermeyer/backports.datetime_fromisoformat";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d3e6a0c340d..5120035d3c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -782,6 +782,8 @@ in {
 
   backports_csv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_csv { };
 
+  backports-datetime-fromisoformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports-datetime-fromisoformat { };
+
   backports_functools_lru_cache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_functools_lru_cache { };
 
   backports_lzma = callPackage ../development/python-modules/backports_lzma { };