diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sentencepiece/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sentencepiece/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab7a5387c024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sentencepiece/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, stdenv
+, sentencepiece
+, pkgconfig
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "sentencepiece";
+  inherit (sentencepiece) version src meta;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ sentencepiece ];
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/python";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dba6218ec5a0..7efd994ce8b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1281,6 +1281,10 @@ in {
 
   selectors2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/selectors2 { };
 
+  sentencepiece = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sentencepiece {
+    inherit (pkgs) sentencepiece pkgconfig;
+  };
+
   sentinel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sentinel { };
 
   sentry-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sentry-sdk {};