diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fb-re2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fb-re2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88a75d29fd18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fb-re2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, re2
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fb-re2";
+  version = "1.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0wd97qdcafcca90s6692g2dmzl5n6cdvm20vn7pmag3l9gvx395c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ re2 ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python wrapper for Google's RE2";
+    homepage = https://github.com/facebook/pyre2;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ivan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4a0fea0b4f32..8020cf2fb898 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1671,6 +1671,8 @@ in {
     then callPackage ../development/python-modules/faulthandler {}
     else throw "faulthandler is built into ${python.executable}";
 
+  fb-re2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fb-re2 { };
+
   flit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flit { };
 
   flowlogs_reader = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flowlogs_reader { };