diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad9f6d6f2457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytestrunner
+, pytest
+, hypothesis
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "marisa-trie";
+  version = "0.7.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1n4pxnaranbh3x2fcqxwh8j1z2918vy7i4q1z4jn75m9rkm5h8ia";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "hypothesis==" "hypothesis>="
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pytestrunner ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest hypothesis ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Static memory-efficient Trie-like structures for Python (2.x and 3.x) based on marisa-trie C++ library";
+    longDescription = "There are official SWIG-based Python bindings included in C++ library distribution; this package provides alternative Cython-based pip-installable Python bindings.";
+    homepage =  https://github.com/kmike/marisa-trie;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ixxie ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dd5936460cea..1676f8bc56fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9177,6 +9177,8 @@ in {
     marisa = pkgs.marisa;
   };
 
+  marisa-trie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marisa-trie { };
+
   markupsafe = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "markupsafe-${version}";
     version = "1.0";