diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/exdown/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/exdown/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17cab3fe55fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/exdown/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder
+, importlib-metadata }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "exdown";
+  version = "0.7.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-vnSso3vmPIjX7JX+NwoxguwqwPHocJACeh5H0ClPcUI=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.8") [ importlib-metadata ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "exdown" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Extract code blocks from markdown";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nschloe/exdown";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 86bb0a3fc92d..e50d1bbbd148 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2105,6 +2105,8 @@ in {
 
   ewmh = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ewmh { };
 
+  exdown = callPackage ../development/python-modules/exdown { };
+
   exchangelib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/exchangelib { };
 
   execnet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/execnet { };