diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/doc8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/doc8/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb91014d6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/doc8/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pbr
+, docutils
+, six
+, chardet
+, stevedore
+, restructuredtext_lint
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "doc8";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "2df89f9c1a5abfb98ab55d0175fed633cae0cf45025b8b1e0ee5ea772be28543";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pbr ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils six chardet stevedore restructuredtext_lint ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Style checker for Sphinx (or other) RST documentation";
+    homepage = "https://launchpad.net/doc8";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9d91544e59b..6fecd42f0a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15620,6 +15620,8 @@ in {
       testrepository subunit coverage oslotest ];
   };
 
+  doc8 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/doc8 { };
+
   wrapt = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "wrapt-${version}";
     version = "1.10.5";