diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyphen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyphen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e134f9d84a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyphen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "Pyphen";
+  version = "0.9.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1mqb5jrigxipxzp1d8nbwkq0cfjw77pnn6hc4mp1yd2mn059mymb";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure Python module to hyphenate text";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Kozea/Pyphen";
+    license = with licenses; [gpl2 lgpl21 mpl20];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rvl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d650f4025200..61ce28183100 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7431,6 +7431,8 @@ in {
     inherit pythonOlder;
   };
 
+  pyphen = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyphen {};
+
   pypoppler = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pypoppler-${version}";
     version = "0.12.2";