diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e05ee621e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, markdown }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "MarkdownSuperscript";
+  version = "2.0.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1dsx21h9hkx098d5azpw81dcz23rrgzrwlymwv7jri348q26p748";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ markdown ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/26985
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An extension to the Python Markdown package enabling superscript text";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jambonrose/markdown_superscript_extension;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 37f78d211abb..9bee6eba40ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -13407,6 +13407,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  markdownsuperscript = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markdownsuperscript {};
+
   markdown-macros = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "markdown-macros-${version}";
     version = "0.1.2";