diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/misaka/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/misaka/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b40aead3909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/misaka/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, cffi }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "misaka";
+  version = "2.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1yqrq3a5rracirmvk52n28nn6ckdaz897gnigv89a9gmyn87sqw7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
+
+  # The tests require write access to $out
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A CFFI binding for Hoedown, a markdown parsing library";
+    homepage = "http://misaka.61924.nl/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e572eaefb2e..19536fbb28a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3539,6 +3539,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  misaka = callPackage ../development/python-modules/misaka {};
+
   mt-940 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mt-940 { };
 
   mwlib = let