diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-codon-tables/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-codon-tables/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c1ec6a3a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-codon-tables/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-codon-tables";
+  version = "0.1.10";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "python_codon_tables";
+    inherit version;
+    sha256 = "265beac928cbb77c6745bc728471adc7ffef933b794be303d272ecb9ad37d3d4";
+  };
+
+  # no tests in tarball
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "python_codon_tables" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Edinburgh-Genome-Foundry/codon-usage-tables";
+    description = "Codon Usage Tables for Python, from kazusa.or.jp";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4ca83318c8a..af921af1cd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4687,6 +4687,8 @@ in {
 
   pysbd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysbd { };
 
+  python-codon-tables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-codon-tables { };
+
   python-csxcad = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-csxcad { };
 
   python-openems = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-openems { };