diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ueberzug/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ueberzug/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c956e5d8b345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ueberzug/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27
+, libX11, libXext
+, attrs, docopt, pillow, psutil, xlib }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ueberzug";
+  version = "18.1.5";
+
+  disabled = isPy27;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1rj864sdn1975v59i8j3cfa9hni1hacq0z2b8m7wib0da9apygby";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXext ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ attrs docopt pillow psutil xlib ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug";
+    description = "An alternative for w3mimgdisplay";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ filalex77 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cd59fa7bbd24..57967e7cd6e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21670,6 +21670,8 @@ in
 
   twinkle = qt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/twinkle { };
 
+  ueberzug = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ueberzug;
+
   umurmur = callPackage ../applications/networking/umurmur { };
 
   udocker = pythonPackages.callPackage ../tools/virtualization/udocker { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8bd712f541d6..1dfd9d181895 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5362,6 +5362,10 @@ in {
 
   uarray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/uarray { };
 
+  ueberzug = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ueberzug {
+    inherit (pkgs.xorg) libX11 libXext;
+  };
+
   ukpostcodeparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ukpostcodeparser { };
 
   umap-learn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/umap-learn { };