diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 151453a2378e..d77092b06b57 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -6903,6 +6903,12 @@
     githubId = 10786794;
     name = "Markus Hihn";
   };
+  jessemoore = {
+    email = "jesse@jessemoore.dev";
+    github = "jesseDMoore1994";
+    githubId = 30251156;
+    name = "Jesse Moore";
+  };
   jethro = {
     email = "jethrokuan95@gmail.com";
     github = "jethrokuan";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/returns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/returns/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a5ce355feed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/returns/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{ lib
+, anyio
+, curio
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, httpx
+, hypothesis
+, mypy
+, poetry-core
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-aio
+, pytest-cov
+, pytest-mypy
+, pytest-mypy-plugins
+, pytest-subtests
+, setuptools
+, trio
+, typing-extensions
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "returns";
+  version = "0.19.0";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dry-python";
+    repo = "returns";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-yKlW5M7LlK9xF4GiCKtUVrZwwSmFVjCnDhnzaNFcAsU=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    anyio
+    curio
+    httpx
+    hypothesis
+    mypy
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-aio
+    pytest-cov
+    pytest-mypy
+    pytest-mypy-plugins
+    pytest-subtests
+    setuptools
+    trio
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--ignore=typesafety" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Make your functions return something meaningful, typed, and safe!";
+    homepage = "returns.rtfd.io";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.jessemoore ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 276cf90b4595..ca10f5ac7fa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10073,6 +10073,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   retrying = callPackage ../development/python-modules/retrying { };
 
+  returns = callPackage ../development/python-modules/returns { };
+
   retworkx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/retworkx { };
 
   rfc3339 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rfc3339 { };