diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a02d900a7f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, flake8
+, pydocstyle
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "flake8-docstrings";
+  version = "1.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "9fe7c6a306064af8e62a055c2f61e9eb1da55f84bb39caef2b84ce53708ac34b";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ flake8 pydocstyle ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "flake8_docstrings" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Extension for flake8 which uses pydocstyle to check docstrings";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8-docstrings";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ smaret ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3184d8979ce2..ee0f264dc294 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2844,6 +2844,8 @@ in {
 
   flake8-debugger = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flake8-debugger { };
 
+  flake8-docstrings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flake8-docstrings { };
+
   flake8-future-import = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flake8-future-import { };
 
   flake8-import-order = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flake8-import-order { };